Why You Should Join Major Writing Organizations

I get it. Writers all feel like they are introverts. I also understand that so many of you feel you can get all you need by asking Alexa to give us an answer. While much of this might be true, you as an author may be missing out by not being part of a true professional writing organization.

Let me just say, I have nothing against your local writing group that meets at the library or some restaurant so you can "workshop" your stories. This is fine for some small craft ideas. But when it comes to getting real information and connecting with the true professionals, you need to join the major writing organizations.

Look at what you get. It is through these major organizations:

• that you get the major updates from the publishers.
• that you get outstanding conferences where they can afford to fly in those major editors
• that you get resources and networks for your genre all in one place.
• that you get connections with other writers who are on the same path as you.

Now, you may have been part of one in the past and quit for various reasons. You may have walked away, because of politics. Many did this with the Romance Writers of America and honestly, I have seen their careers on a serious downhill trajectory. What is scary is that many walked away, not knowing what the politics was truly about and they just followed people blindly like lemmings over a cliff. BIG MISTAKE

Some of you may have quit because you felt you were not getting anything from your yearly dues. The question for you is simple. Did you do anything to get those resources or did you just sit back and passively do nothing.

Being a professional means you have to act like a professional. You join professional organizations to network and improve your craft.

Maybe, just maybe, it is time for you to change your approach and join an organization today.

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