Ask not what your writers’ group can do for you…
Based on over two decades experience of running a scriptwriters group in Bristol, this post explores the expectations organisers and members need to bring to get the most from participating in a writers’ group. Starting with assurances that writers should feel themselves neither imposters in a group nor superior to its other members regardless of their level of experience, it continues by outlining the scope of the task that organisers take on in running group activities. The post then finds that giving and receiving feedback is a two-way process requiring positive attitudes on both sides and looks at evidence from a study that showed that active debate and criticism produces the most creative outcomes.