by Jan Sterrett

Created on: June 25, 2007

Helium offers many different things for both the writers and the readers of this growing community. Both experienced professional writers and those who are just beginning to start their writing adventures can find a place for their writing here. The wide range of topic choices gives both writers and readers a wide variety to choose from. Those topics are available to read for both members and non-members of Helium.

As a Member of Helium, you can write to a pre-existing topic or you can initiate one of your own. When you write an article to a topic, that already exists on Helium your article will be published immediately after you submit it. If you start a new topic, you need to wait for Helium's approval. Many writers have experienced receiving rejection letters for the writings they have submitted both at brick and mortar publishing companies, as well as online publishing sites. That rejection factor is greatly eliminated at Helium.

This gives new writers a way to develop and improve their writing skills. Experienced writers are able to build up their portfolios. Since I've been a member of Helium, they have made many improvements to benefit their members. Some of these new areas have included Helium's Members Feedback Forum. There you can place a link about something you're written and published at Helium, and other writers may give you feedback about it.

Who better then another writer, to offer suggestions on ways to improve your written work? This can range from grammar, spelling, or punctuation errors you may have missed when you first published your article. You can receive feedback on ways to reword a sentence that reads awkwardly, or formatting and spacing problems you might be having.

For those who write in the Creative Writing Areas that feedback can be very helpful. Another writer may make suggestions on ways to more fully develop your character in your short story, or tell you where the dialog just doesn't seem to working very well. You might received feedback, when the rhythm of a poem is slightly off, or that another writer enjoyed the satire of your writing. Helium also offers an area where you can submit an article to Helium staff and volunteer members for Peer Critique.

Recently Helium implemented a new program where you can submit articles to them, to correct up to three typing errors within that article. With this program in place, the writers don't have to leapfrog their articles in order to make those minor corrections.

Applying a leapfrog to

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