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God help a new member if they accidentally join the Shred Group, not knowing what it is.  Will you put up an explanation of what it means to be a member of that group?

Not sure how your new shred group will fix that problem, Sol.  A writer has to first be willing to post in that group, and I don't think most new writers have developed that thick a skin yet.  So that still leaves the problem of reviewers leaving hurtful remarks in the other groups.  That's the problem that needs to be addressed. 

Like Clark said in an upper comment, she wanted to leave because of it.  And she did for 3 months.  I think it's a missed opportunity for us to grow as a writing community.  Address the ones who are being so hurtful - and you know who they are - and ask them to tone it down a little.  Else a new person won't stick around for long.

This morning, feeling frobly-mobly, I was overwhelmed with dysania, but I knew I must get moving.  After my shower, I was overcome with shivviness, thanks to a gift to myself.  Though I want to write more on my new novel, I most likely will perendinate because I’m caught up with news of our kakistocracy and can’t unglue my eyes from the TV this morning.  So I presume I will be grufeling today since we have snow on the ground and I am reluctant to go outside.  I feel philogrobilized, but that can’t be, so I will watch the news and sympathize with the grumbletonians as they jeer the snollygosters and ultracrepidarians.  I hope my phone doesn’t ring because I am not into twattling today.

(OMG!  My spell-check is working overtime!)

And we're off!

Well done!  That just about says it all, doesn't it?  I hate to see the end coming because it's been a place of higher education for me, a learning experience never to be forgotten.  Old friends and acquaintances linger, but every day I wonder for how much longer.  I hate to see the downhill slide, but I feel it in these old bones. We will survive for a few days longer, even with our leader no longer leading, our cheerleaders no longer cheering, our teachers teaching to empty classrooms. 

It's been a fun ride for me since 2008.  I wish something would come along to breathe new life into the mob!  My red pen has run out of ink, though I need a gallon of it now.

Mark, if you could have read some of my writing when I first joined in 2008, you would've laughed.  I came onboard thinking I knew everything.  That was back when this site was much larger and had ten times the reviewers it has now.  My first chapter went over like a lead balloon, with over forty reviews the first day.  I got slammed!  I quickly discovered just how little I knew.  All these years later, I'm still learning things on here.  I wouldn't take anything for my journey here and for all the friends and acquaintances I've made.  When I read some of the junk I posted back in '08, I cringe!  LOL! 

You'll get there.  Determination is the key!

MJ

56 degrees today in Georgia!  I cut grass in short sleeves.

It's been too long for me to remember what happens when you join.  But I see so many new members coming onboard, posting their hard work, and receiving no reviews.  That's discouraging.  The main culprit for no reviews is their post doesn't pay points.  Though I personally don't need points because I have more than I will ever use, some of us do need them.  No need wasting a half hour doing an in-line review if you don't get rewarded for doing so.

Is there anything a newbie receives that lets them know how the point system works and why it's important to post in a group that pays points?

I'd like to get away from the groups anyway.  Not sure how effective they are.

Just my opinion.

YEAR:  2017
SEASON:  Winter
MONTH:  OCTOBER
STATE:  Georgia
COUNTY:  Macon
LOCATION DETAILS:  To be kept confidential
NEAREST ROAD:  Hwy. 96
OBSERVATION REPORTED BY TWO MEN:  We were cooking a hog mid-day on a smoker, and across the road in a big field about 300 yards away, there was a huge hairy creature standing beside a white oak and looking at us.  I grabbed my phone and took a picture, and then it disappeared.  My father-in-law and I walked up to examine the area after it was gone.  There were tracks, and judging by a mark on the tree, the creature was estimated at 8 feet tall.  The owner of the property says he sees it all the time.  He has nicknamed the creature ‘Sol.’

Santa

I agree about the concrete rules, and common sense should prevail.  So many better words can take the place of WAS, and I try to mix it up so I don't use 'to be' words frequently.  If my sentence will sound unnatural without one of those buggars, I use it and go on about my business.  Ain't got time for sich nonsense when the creative brain sets out to work.  Write it while the writing's good.

And for the record, nah, let's don't let Alabama back in until after the 2020 election and see if all of them can turn true-blue.