It is said that every professional writer was once an amateur who just refused to quit. If that sounds like you, welcome to ticket2write, an international community of professional writers united to provide a place to critique, encourage and help each other. Writers and poets in every market, and of every genre, are welcome to participate. Members are requested to provide at least two critiques for each piece they post. Remember to critique as you would like to be critiqued. Provide more than an opinion - offer advice which will help the writer or poet improve. New members are advised to observe the critique process before posting their work here. This group is not about "positive affirmations." It is about providing objective opinions and offering advice writers can use to improve their work.

QUOTE TO PONDER: "It is only when you open your veins and bleed onto the page a little that you establish contact with your reader. If you do not believe in the characters or the story you are doing at that moment with all your mind, strength, and will, if you don't feel joy and excitement while writing it, then you're wasting good white paper, even if it sells, because there are other ways in which a writer can bring in the rent money besides writing bad or phony stories." ~ Paul Gallico