Now to the point. I am interested in starting a group for people who simply want to improve their writing in general instead of wanting to perfect a particular story. Basic idea: once a (week? month? haven't decided yet) we would each submit a short story for critique. The point of the critique would not be to revise the story until it's perfect but to give the writer a basic idea of what his or her strengths and weaknesses are. The goal of each subsequent story would be to work on the areas in which we are least proficient.

I am working on an online community idea that would accommodate Hatrack writing groups. Allow for centralized story sharing in a private space, with security and the works, but without overlapping with Hatrack's own forums (i.e. general discussion would remain here, but private groups would have a space to share). If I can recruit my brother, who is a far better coder than I, to help I should have it up in April.