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Arts & Humanities > Writing Resources Amateur writers: Making the most out of writing workshops

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There are numerous articles written on the benefits of writing workshops. Included in each of them are a handful of recurring benefits. What hasn't been mentioned in any of them, however, are the downfalls of workshops. Downfalls? Yes! Enough downfalls that they may outweigh the benefits. Let's look at the benefits. 1. People will read your work. This is important because as a writer, you not on desperately crave an audience, it is a necessity. 2. People will take the idea of being a writer seriously. This, too, is important. As writers, we are a lonesome bunch. We work alone, we don't get...

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