Groups and Participation

One of the main things I love about the writing workshop, every year, without fail, is once again being united with "my people".  I don't really know how to put it, but our mentor Franklin phrased it as "the people who aren't afraid to look deeper".  I tend to think of it more like the Dr. Spencer Reid quote "Being the smartest kid in class is like being the only kid in class."  We are so rare.  We're isolated.  And for 2 weeks a year, we're thrown together, and we realize "Hey...I'm not alone."  And then we're promptly separated again and sent back to our schools and being isolated (currently, I'm asking myself, thanks to facebook, is there any real reason my workshop peeps and I can't get together and hang out and write during the year?  Honestly, I don't think there is, so this will be investigated).  This is why writers have a reputation for going batshit insane.  Here on dA, we are more fortunate than those who do not join any form of art-sharing website or forum or what have you.  This last year, I forgot that, and I went a little crazy.  So I'm going to participate more.  Especially in groups.  One of the things I've learned over the years in the workshop is that it's really important to share your work and get it out there as much as possible.  And I'm still on a hunt for more of "my people". There can always be more of us.

THESE MAH GROUPS: