>Join writing group >Expect to meet an underground circle

Yes I experience the exact same thing except there was one other member who didn't contribute at all. Small world.

>>9526578
>One guy has written an entire novel but hasn't used paragraphs or speech marks once

Oh well that sounds experimental and interesting, wonder why he chose to eschew conventio-
>That same guy didn't even realise speech marks were a thing

-Oh. Oh no.

>Only book he's read is half of something by JK Rowling and it isn't even Harry Potter

NOOOOOOOOOOO

>>9526578
read ensaio sobre a cegueira faggot

>>9526585
Can you post the poems?

>create writing group
>first meeting is awesome
>second meeting never happens because nobody in 20XX can stick to a schedule

>>9526765
>>Oh well that sounds experimental and interesting
fuck off McCarthy your wirting stle is garbage

>>9526765
It's not even a joke. One of us literally opened a book and pointed to some dialogue and he said, "Oh, so that's what they're for."

>>9526578

For a second, I was really bothered that you used the term speech marks, rather than quotation marks. Actually, I am still bothered, it just doesn't sound appropriate when quotation marks are available as an alternative.

Yes. There was a wandering gay guy who was decent, one of the three chick- lit people had some chops. But the alpha chick-lit leader was so bad it was embarrassing. There were a couple fantasy autists as well. Nice people but I just can't into hero's journey fantasy.

>>9526853
>nobody in 20XX can stick to a schedule

The truth in this hurts.

Hermit life > adapting your work to what some random nobodies think and potentially giving away your brilliant lines of thought