vern wrote:janet reid wrote:it's just a shame I can join 10 groups at most.
How in the helloworld do you keep up with 10 or more groups. My wife used to play two or three dozen bingo cards and I never figured out how she kept up with those either, lol. Take care. Vern
I think that I'm technically a member of 8 or 9 groups on here now, but I really only participate in 3 with a quick peek in at the others if someone posts something that draws my attention. I honestly don't want a "thread" about a particular work. I appreciated the reviews and feedback, but if someone has more to say about something I've written, I'd rather have that in a private message, especially if we might be having a disagreement or difference of opinion. From what I'm reading here, I think folks' biggest concern comes from those threads.
Okay, so you don't want a thread for your writing, so everyone else automatically don't either? I understand fully where you are coming from, but this is where the problem comes in. Just because x,y,z work for someone, doesn't mean it's going to work for another person. There are others that find a lot of value from the inputs from multiple people on their writing, i.e. they don't want to work in isolation, and it was my understanding that is what the forums/groups are for. Using the functionality to leave more comments on a specific review for a specific chapter only goes so far. E.g. I had a lot of questions regarding future chapters asking for inputs from certain groups - where do I put those if there isn't a chapter to review? If the forums were not intended for this, I'd be surprised.
Basically, what I'm trying to say is, try and think about more than just what works for you and thinking it's okay for you, so it should be okay for everyone else.
Sol has promised that he'll see what can be done within his ability and budget. As I said, if he can do that, it will be really great. If not, then we'll have to adjust. At the moment, we're hiding our groups from everyone, including TNBW members, which doesn't make sense, but if nothing else, then we'll have to. And clearly this will be a bigger 'issue' to those that use the forums for feedback on their writing than those that do not. But that doesn't invalidate anyone's concerns. I'm glad that Sol is willing to take our point of view into consideration.
I'm going to bow out of this one, it feels like I'm about to start the next lap around the same circle I've already lapped twice.