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Hi, I'm JACE .
Welcome to this issue of the Noticing Newbies newsletter. Join me as I take you into some nooks and crannies of Writing.Com that you may not have found time to check out yet. This newsletter is about and for you. And for you seasoned members, I hope you'll find something you can take from my ramblings. 
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As with everything in life--a task, a hobby, or a vocation—there are things that must be learned to be successful. The question is how do you learn?
What are you doing to learn the craft of writing?
Writing.Com is a writing site without peer. What make this site unique is two-fold—a unique and versatile platform containing static items of and Groups dedicated to the fundamentals of writing AND members who make this all happen.
WDC has more than 90 thousand members. That’s a lot of heads being better than one. Over the past 21 years, hundreds of thousands of items have been written and stored on site for your reading and reviewing pleasure. Many are stories and poems. But some are essays and How To articles designed to impart the mechanics of writing to our members and to those fortunate enough to visit our site.
In addition to essays, members have written countless newsletters, official and unofficial, expounding all facets of writing techniques. Some focused on grammar, some on plot, some on characters, and so on. Needless to say, you can find information on whatever aspect of writing you in which you’re weak.
Use the WDC search engine to find an article or group that can help you along your particular writing path. Some groups are genre-oriented; some hold classes on various techniques of writing. And some group members may be just that mentor you need for improvement.
Consider checking out some of these groups and items (some may need revision, but still contain great information):
Of one thing I’m certain—this passion we have for the craft of writing will never allow us to stop learning.
Write on!
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From the mailbag:
From Vaishali  : Thank you for the newsletter. I was given the task of reviewing newbies as an assignment but I wasn't able to find some good stories. Your editor's pick column helped me!
Glad I could help.
From hbk16: September is a great festivity indeed where someone can get a pleasant experience in both writing and reviewing. I hope that it would be an occasion where it is possible to offer more opportunities like lucrative ones; for authors too.
Indeed!
From the Newsfeed:
From jdennis01jaj: I tore up and burned my fake ID. Then I pulled into the nearest bar and ordered a drink. It tasted flat, and I never finished it. The fun of getting away with something illegal was lost forever. I almost wished they had raised the drinking age that year, but then I got over it. Shortly afterward, the weight of reality settled on my shoulders, and I began to see things through a different prism
I didn't have the fake ID, but I do remember getting away with a thing now and then.
From Alex Morgan : You expect us to remember back that far?
I certainly know what you mean.
From JCosmos  : I went out of course to a bar and drank with friends. I wanted someone to ID me but no one did. I had first gone to a bar to drink when I was 17 and never got carded until I was 30!
From S : I turned 21 a month after finishing my first university degree, so it was a double celebration. Party at my mother's place, 50-odd people there, very low-key. My 18th - that was the big party. I think there was alcohol involved.
From Elphee  : I was curious about a bar. So, I went, had a couple of drinks. watched people dance and become drunk, had many males hit on me, even though I had told many I wasn't interested. Persistent little buggers. And I decided right then and there, this wasn't a place I would be coming to again.
From elephantsealer : I did not turn 21; I went on to old age...
LOL
From Anna Marie Carlson : I don't remember exactly what I did when I turned 21, but I know that I got married on April 16 when I was 21. I will tell you something strange but kind of funny about that. My brother-in-law was a funeral director at the time, and I got married in the funeral chapel.
I'll bet there's a story there.
From Waltz Invictus  : I got peer-pressured into drinking 21 shots of "tequila."
The quotes are because I later learned that Cuervo Gold is only technically tequila.
I still drink at least a little bit of it (the good stuff) on my birthday every year for tradition's sake. And to remind me not to get peer-pressured. This makes sense only to me. Perhaps it is a rationalization, because I really, really like tequila.
It's so nice to older and (more) immune to peer pressure. Maybe?
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