# Writers' Forums? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [April 30, 2021, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-forums/941083 "2021-04-30T01:57:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ptolomy57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Ptolomy57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ptolomy57)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-forums/941083/1 "2021-04-30T01:57:22Z")
Any aspiring writers out there? I am seeking recommendations for online writing forums. I thought Writer’s Digest (WD) ran such a forum, but I cannot seem to find a link to their forum. I seem to recall it was a separate link from the WD website itself. If anyone has the link to the WD forum and/or other writing forums would be greatly appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-forums/941083/2 "2021-04-30T14:08:14Z")
AbsoluteWrite is a pretty good one. I haven’t posted there much because it can be a time suck (any writer’s forum can.) But it’s a lot of fun, and there is even a subforum for critiques. Edit: Looks like the forum is down at the moment. Damn. But it does look like they are trying to get things up and running again. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-forums/941083/3 "2021-04-30T14:57:31Z")
AbsoluteWrite is an excellent forum. [critters.org](http://critters.org) is a good place to get critiques on your work. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-forums/941083/4 "2021-04-30T16:01:05Z")
I am NOT a writer, so take these with a grain of salt. But these resources look interesting to me. There’s a forum called [Scribophile](https://www.scribophile.com/). They do critiques but you have to do some first. I saw this Reddit post about twitter hashtags that someone really liked. It’s two years old, but the hashtags are pretty generic. They might provide some inspiration and encouragement. > **[r/writing - I can't recommend Twitter highly enough for writers.](https://old.reddit.com/r/writing/comments/b30h6n/i_cant_recommend_twitter_highly_enough_for_writers/)** > > 1,182 votes and 303 comments so far on Reddit Then there’s a bunch of subReddits that offer critiques like [r/writing](https://reddit.com/r/writing/) or [r/writingprompts](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/) And here’s a [list of subReddits related to writing](https://www.reddit.com/r/writing/wiki/hub?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=usertext&utm_name=writing&utm_content=t5_2qh2n), everything from different genres, publishing, contests, prompts, critiques, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-forums/941083/5 "2021-04-30T16:13:37Z")
I’m not sure what genre you write but if you’re looking for crits, I can recommend The Sci-fi, Fantasy and Horror Writer’s Workshop. You earn critiques by critiquing others, which in my opinion is great, because you can learn a lot about writing by giving critiques.