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Yeah, it was spam. I couldn't read his content either, but the titles of both posts made it clear he was advertising.
Thanks.

Terry, where did you see that stories are exposed to the internet? I couldn't find it under the member agreement or copyright policy. In fact, the member agreement seems to suggest the exact opposite. Book title and other high level details, yes, but not content from the parts of the member agreement I read.

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Dirk

I like the idea of a private, invitation only group. But...

If you post a certain written work to Advanced Writers (AW) for feedback, you can't simultaneously post it to another group (house) as well (e.g. to the main part of the site), so we can have at least some interaction with non-members in order to identify the ones to invite in.

Also, Marilyn, how would people like you and me have gotten started with experienced writers if most had been hiding, content in their own silo of other experienced writers?

(Vern's voice): All of this may be much ado about nothing. This wouldn't be the first time we did lots of handwringing and debate about something that never came to pass.

I'd still prefer to start with a public group (requiring permission to join so we can do some gatekeeping) and a note on what's expected of all group members. The note should also specify certain things you can't do as a member (e.g., non-helpful reviews, posting stuff that you haven't proofread first, etc.). I'm sure we can come up with a list of pet peeves to make people stop and think before trying to join. And a big requirement ought to be that you have to be a paying member on the site for at least 30 days (or some other number).

That way, we'd still be visible on the site, giving people a visible list of members whom they can contact to ask questions, as well as visible posted works non-members can look at to compare to their own writing.

Plus we can always go private/invitation-only if we find a public group just doesn't work.

I mentioned at the beginning of my thread that Sol hasn't made a decision. For now it's about trying to figure out how best to exist on Booksie, hence my thread. Personally, I'd suggest not being among the first handful of people to jump over unless you're okay working with a work in progress (i.e., a suggested workflow for TNBW members). In that case, I'd ask that you provide feedback in my Booksie thread about what works for you and what doesn't).

In the meantime, people can continue writing and posting on TNBW. If you want to dip your toe in the water first, post to both sites for a while. That was my plan.

Everyone, please use Sol's initial link in the first post of this thread to go over to Booksie and become a member of the TheNextBigWriter group. That's how we'll find each other over there.

For the moment, the above link is the only way I know to get to the TNBW group; it's private, so it doesn't show up in the list of all groups.

See Sol's first post to this thread if you need an account there or want to take advantage of his offer of a free one-year membership with Booksie.

Marilyn, I highlighted your question to Sol above. Hopefully, he'll check into this thread fairly regularly and see it.

To get to the TNBW group, click on the first link in Sol's original post to this thread above. I tried to find it by searching for both TNBW and TheNextBigWriter and neither yielded a result. It may be because it's a private group.

Sol or Bill, how do we get to the TNBW group from within Booksie itself (i.e. assuming we don't have your original link above)?

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Dirk

Think of it as TNBW 1.6. :-)
I can't recall if it's possible to create groups on Booksie as easily as is done on TNBW. The latter always requires a purge of abandoned groups from time to time. It might be better to reserve that functionality to an admin.
As for what groups to create, it depends on whether there are enough people interested in technical discussions. As you know, TNBW forums are barely used (you have to join a group before you see whether there are useful/regular discussions happening there. The Booksie group user interface is the same as TNBW, although groups are called (publishing) houses. From what I've seen, they're not used much.

Only a few short scenes left to write, with 3 pages worth of space free to use.

Problem now is, in this chapter, which comes at the end of act 1, Joseph is no longer the immature jerk he was in my last draft of act 2. He's light years kinder and more likeable. And you feel sorry for the guy.

Not sure what I'll do about that. The only way I'll ever finish and publish this book is if I need several breaks from Connor over the next few years.

Thanks, Bill. They're gone.

Dirk

Crap. The chapter ended up being too long. Now I'll have to see if I can salvage my favorite parts. The conversations between Joseph and the nurse (or medical resident) are some of the best scenes, but the invasive tests he's forced to undergo will have to be reduced to summary form. Too bad.

Wow! Apparently there are real cases where prisoners hung themselves with only underwear (see below). So I guess Joseph's psychiatric hospital had legitimate reasons to be concerned that he might off himself with his clothing.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.10 … 017-1704-5