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  Noticing Newbies  1. About this Newsletter 2. A Word from our Sponsor 3. Letter from the Editor 4. Editor's Picks 5. A Word from Writing.Com 6. Ask & Answer 7. Removal instructions  Noticing Newbies Newsletter is geared to help new members get acquainted with Writing.com -- there is so much do and all the features can be overwhelming! Our goal is to help new members make their time here more fun and manageable. Each week we will showcase new authors items (poetry, short story, polls, etc.). Exposure for each member's writing will help bring more rates and reviews for their work, and by bringing more member interaction to the member, that will give them the opportunity to build friendships with other members, as long as they reciprocate reviews and conversation -- remember, it is a two way street. "There's someone that you haven't already met, go introduce yourself to him or her. Walls and labels can't keep you from the people who are so similar to you in spirit. There's a friendly face behind every door if you pick the right moment to knock. Once you start your wave of creative outreach, it turns into a contagious force. People are waking up and smiling at each other, sharing their dreams without hesitation. This community is worth something." -- Author Unknown  Passionate about writing? Take your passion to new heights - with an online Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, available only from top ranked National University. Choose workshops based on your interests. Work with experienced and published faculty. Prepare for a variety of career opportunities. Use a state-of-the art online system: Study where and when you want. Click here to get more information!  Hello New Member! It's great to have you be a part of Writing.com. The opportunities here are endless for a writer, which include your own portfolio to store your writing, image/clipart capability, e-mail, contests, interaction with other writers, reviews & rates by your peers, that is just to name a few. Today, I would like to focus on reviewing. Reviewing is the process of tactfully critiquing one's work with honesty and integrity. To share your wisdom and point-of-view of the whole, not the minute. Active reviewing improves our ability to learn from experience. Most reviewing is simple, basic and direct. Used wisely it can enliven and sharpen the process of reviewing experience, and enrich others as well. The reviewing process includes:  Analyzing experience Communicating experience Making sense of experience Learning from experience Reflecting on experienceFor more information on reviewing see the following: REVIEW RESOURCES: "Guidelines To Great Reviewing"  by The StoryMaster  "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor "Daily Review Rewards" by The StoryMaster "Please Review" by Writing.Com Support "Find a Review Forum" by Writing.Com Support The following link displays recent public reviews given by Writing.Com members to various items within the site. It also lists links for Public Reviews, Most Credited Reviewers, Most Active Reviewers, Most Active Raters, Items To Review, and Info About Reviewing: http://www.writing.com/main/my_feedback/freelance/writing/action/rrs I hope the above review information is helpful. Writing.com is a second home for many writers. It is a place to proudly display and share your work. As a reviewer, please remember that not only should the author who receives your review benefit from your words...you should too. "Reviewers are forever telling authors they can't understand them. The author might often reply: Is that my fault?" ~ J.C. and A.W. Hare, Guesses at Truth "A perfect judge will reach each work of wit with the same spirit that its author writ; Survey the whole, nor seek slight faults to find When nature moves, and rapture warms the mind." ~ Pope, Essay on Critcism, Pt. ii, 1. 33. "Listen carefully to made of your work. Note just what it is about your work that critics don't like - then cultivate it. That's the only part of your work that's individual and worth keeping. ~ Jean Cocteau Until next time... ** Image ID #692136 Unavailable **   Monthly featured newbies I have personally chosen for your enjoyment:
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