New Poll: Affiliated Writer’s Forum

Happy Thursday, fellow writers! As I said in the anniversary post, I’ve been toying around with the idea of creating a forum for writers which will be affiliated with The Writer’s Scrap Bin. Before I proceed, I want your opinion on the idea.

Like The Writer’s Scrap Bin, this forum will be a place for writers to come together and support each other’s writing aspirations. However, this forum will allow for more direct contact among its members. Members will be able to share resources, give advice to fellow writers, critique each other’s WIP, and more. Best of all, access to the forum will be free.

Here’s a rough outline, which is subject to change as this idea takes shape:

Forum Title

The Writer’s Lounge

Section Titles

Administration Topics

General Discussion

Writing Advice

Writing Prompts and Contests

Writer’s Workshop

Book Club

Affiliated Websites

Possible Host

Tapatalk

As with The Writer’s Scrap Bin, staff will monitor the forum for spam, trolling, and other inappropriate behavior to unsure the best, most stress-free experience possible for the forum’s members.

At the moment, I plan to allow promotion of members’ works WHEN APPROPRIATE. For example, a writer can announce in the General Discussion section that their new book is available on Amazon. They could also tell others about free book giveaways and other special promotions. However, randomly dropping a link to one’s book in a thread about, say, how to craft a query letter will not be allowed. If members abuse this privilege once the site is live, this policy might be changed.

Unfortunately, The Writer’s Lounge will only be able available in English at first. I hope to expand into other languages as The Writer’s Scrap Bin continues to grow. Right now, though, I can only confidently write in English, and I cannot afford to hire translators. Regardless, that does not mean that only people from English-speaking countries will be able to join. So long as you feel comfortable reading English, you’ll be able to participate.

So, what do you think? Does The Writer’s Lounge get your seal of approval? Or is it another one for the scrap bin? Vote in the poll and share your thoughts in the comments below!