Hey everyone. The Winter Writing Challenge has been a blast, I don’t want it to end!! I realize how fulfilled I am when I can post my works, and people can vote, comment, critique it. It gives me the encouragement I need to keep writing.
That being said, what are y’all’s thoughts on online writing communities? As a Christian, my major concern would be joining one, only to be bombarded with inappropriate stories or nasty messages from unbelievers. Are there any Christian versions of WattPad for instance, where one can expect wholesome forums and equally wholesome writers to engage with you when you post stories?
Scribophile seems highly rated, anyone try that before? Or Writeseen? I need a place for my fiction pieces to land other than in my family’s laps. (:
Okay this literally describes exactly why I’ve been thinking about this so much!! The fluff fest vs. conflict thing is SO real and I feel like that’s what kills most of these communities.
But here’s what I keep coming back to, a Christian community already has something most writing forums don’t. Like we actually have a shared reason to say the hard things AND say them with love. That’s not just a nice idea for us, it’s something we actually believe in and try to live out. So maybe that’s the thing that makes the culture hold?
And the volume problem is something I’ve been thinking about too. What if instead of one big open forum it was more like small groups, like you find your people, maybe 5 or 6 writers in your genre, and that’s where the real feedback happens? Less noise and more trust you know?
I’m actually a beginner developer and I’ve been thinking about building something like this!! My sister is a writer and she’s the one who told me about The Company. I just thought, why isn’t there a good Christian Online Writing Community? One that’s actually built around our faith and not just kind of Christian on the side?
I haven’t built anything yet and honestly I just want to know if people would even want this before I go too far!! Would you all use something like that?? 🙏
I’d use it Laura!
Oh my goodness this is exactly what I want to build!! I’m a beginner developer and I’ve been thinking about this so much — a Christian writing community where you just KNOW it’s going to be safe and the people are going to be kind. Would you actually use something like that if it existed?? Because I’ve been seriously thinking about making something like this.💻