Consider just writing and elaborating on why you joined. Many of you have told me what your interested in gaining from this community becasue of the questions I asked on the membership application, but nothing further has been accomplished. Some have said they like Fiction. Others said Poetry, and Autobiography, screen writing, online, articles, children's books, Blogging, Reviews, and Comedy. The list goes on and I truly want to get you all going on these things but I am not getting any requsts, or questions, or 'how do I do this' kind of posts. If you don't want to put yourself out in front of the group, I understand that. So, please, DM me if you need to do it that way. I am here for you and I truly want to start that process of helping you. Connect with me. I am anxiously waiting.

Brandon Sanderson has some completed works and is interested in Fiction, self development, and content focused on personal branding and helping people communicate their ideas clearly. He has joined to connect with other writers, learn from shared experiences, and improve both his writing and how to position his work to reach the right audience. Faith Rose has some completed works and is interested in Mystery and romance. She joined because she loves writing communities. Iraia Septi has written a little and is ierested in novel writing, poetry, short stories, and scripts. Irain joined because we looked like a good group. Rachel Merritt has written a little and is interested in novels. She joined bcause she is looking to hone her skills and cross promote her self publishing group. Deepak Barik has written a little and is interested in Blogging, Reviews, and Comedy. He joined because the group looks good for him. Miriam Tedesco has some completed works and is interested in online articles, children's books, fiction, short stories, novels, and poetry. She joined because she likes the idea of connecting with others who love to write!

Please post the major things you would like to get out of this community, including what you would like to see the most of in the meetings.

Having edited two children's books for my protégé, I once asked her this question or something like it: Do you think it is important for a children's book to have a moral? I originally thought for a long time that children's books should have a moral to teach children some kind of life lesson. But, as my protégé pointed out, Children sometimes just need to be entertained. This is so true and of course that came from a mother's perspective, which I unfortunately have not experienced. Even so, without a moral a children's book has a value beyond entertainment and that is the value of simple learning. When they read, young minds being the sponge that they are, are training in many skills, the least of which is morality. They are learning to understand communication, social interaction, and much more. Of the many benefits of children's books, what is the greatest benefit of children's books to the child and should they be realistic or imaginative? Is it detrimental for the child to read fantasy---a frog talking, for instance---due to the fact that it is not a real thing in life. Many children's books and cartoons these days have fantastic themes and I just can't help but feel it is setting them up for failure in life. Is it possible that the fantasy children are exposed to is driving them to have unrealistic expectations in life? Could these fantasies read about in childhood be causing many young adult minds entering an unstructured world, like after they leave school, or earlier be causing the fantastic behavior seen in society today? What do you think?

How many of you have ever used comedy in your writing? In my first book there is a scene where a minor character who is drunk gets scared and as a result loses control of himself and lets a loud one loose, if you know what I mean. I actually used the "F--@r@@d" word. Situational comedy or even a tongue-in-cheek, or two can bring up the mood in a story and 'crack' things up. If you know anyone who loves to make up jokes, please invite them to the community. Just ask them to keep it clean, please. The other day I saw a daycare center advertise this: "Now taking all ages". So I went in and asked them to take care of me for the day. They called the cops on me.😁