Join These Great Online Writing Communities and Add Support to Your Writing Life

These six online writing groups will help you find the support you need to maintain a happy, productive writing life.

Writing is often a solitary endeavor. Maybe you spend the day in a neighborhood coffee shop to get out of the house a few times a week but still find you don’t interact with people because you’re writing. Even if you did, unless you meet others who just happen to also be writers, they would not provide you with the sense of a writing community that you likely feel you need. Similarly, friends and family may try to be supportive but can’t quite relate, and likely can’t hold a conversation about conflict, pacing, climax, tension, or resolution. They will probably smile politely but look at you oddly when you start talking about point of view and head hopping.

Writers understand other writers. To be successful as a writer you need a way to consult and interact with others who struggle with the same difficulties you do. A sense of community can also help you combat feelings of depression and loneliness that can impact not just your writing but the rest of your life as well. Plus, if you are looking for motivation, feedback from fellow writers who are involved in projects and writing communities, have information about funding resources and writing residencies and are…