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Son of Thunderbeast posted:Are there any suggestions for DeviantArt-like sites for writing, that don't suck? Zoetrope.com is the best for this. There are a lot of good reviewers, a lot of good writers, and even better, the editors of Zoetrope All-Story peruse the highly-rated stories. There are also requirements for critiquing (you must critique 5 pieces for every one you submit for criticism). Really, the best part is that not only will your pieces definitely get good critiques, but you can also see the work that your critics are churning out themselves. I've looked at a few of those sites, and they seemed to be pretty particularly bad. Stories that were objectively terrible (it's been a few months since I really looked into the writing forums, so hopefully I'm not trashing the wrong sites) and rife with crippling mechanical errors were getting rave reviews. It seemed like a big ego-rubbing festival... something that Zoetrope definitely is not.
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Haha. I clicked the first one and thought, "This isn't too bad for a sixteen year old writer." Then I clicked the second one and, well, 
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Apr 22, 2009 01:43
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I have some free time recently, so I was thinking about how to get into drawing and design. I was never really interested in these things in elementary or grade school--I never drew things, I spaced out in art class, I never touched photoshop or any of the pagemaker type programs. I did some magazine covers that drew some praise in my high school, but that's ancient history as it was 8 or so years ago(done in Microsoft Publisher--is that program still around?). Is there such a thing as a drawing 101 class for somebody who's never so much as picked up a pencil? Similar things for photoshop, etc.? Or would it be better to take a self-learning approach?
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Jun 14, 2009 07:42
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My email's jchristy41@yahoo.com I'll take a look at it. I'm in the process of writing a (first) novel myself.
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Jul 4, 2009 07:21
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My book would be done but I felt like I was writing an essay the whole time grauaghhh
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