Welcome

This is a workshop for a group of Long Island fiction writers, who get together once-a-month to critique each others work. Essentially, we discuss what we like about a piece, and what we think can be improved.

The emphasis is on nurture: how one writer can help another via thoughtful comments and suggestions.

Everyone's manuscripts (2,500 words max) are traded via email one week prior to the meeting, then printed out and "marked up" with comments and suggestions.

If you're a fiction writer on Long Island looking for a close, ongoing appraisal of your work, you'll probably get a kick out of this meeting. Every genre of novel and short story writing is welcome.

The meetings are evey fourth Monday of the month at 7 p.m at Panera Bread (Bakery and Cafe) (5191 Sunrise Highway, Bohemia, NY 11716, (631) 589-1988). You'll find Panera on the east end of the K-Mart Shopping Plaza, across from Old Navy.

(If this month's meeting is full, check out Suffolk County Writers Workshop 2, also on Meetup.com. Same recipe, different night.)