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Originally Posted by BeccaPrice
I've tried two writer's groups. One of them just said "wow, that's great" to my stories. the other wanted to re-write my stories to the story they wanted to tell, to change the entire tone and point of what I was trying to do. I didn't feel like I got good feedback from either group.
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Becca, it's trial and error. You just gotta keep trying groups till you find a good one. And you are RIGHT in that there are some writers groups with controlling people who will want to re-write your stories. That or they will give you flippant advice like, "Maybe you should just re-write the whole thing from another character's point of view."
My experience with writer's groups is like yours. The great majority of them are lame. And there's the few that are categorically DANGEROUS (to your self-esteem, confidence and judgment).
What I look for in a group is people who know more about grammar, point of view violations, technical stuff like that. Plus people that are knowledgeable about what makes for good publishable writing.