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Welcome to the Contests & Activities Newsletter. I'm spidey , and I'm your Editor this week!
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Read, Read, Read!
Many published writers offer advise to others, and a key piece of advise I've heard often is to read. Reading can help your vocabulary and understanding of what makes good writing. Many writers will say it's unavoidable - you must read. A lot.
I think that's one great benefit to hosting a contest or activity - it makes reading an obligation (albeit, a fun one)! As long as you have the time to commit to hosting, I think it can be a great way to set yourself up with some reading material. It creates an opportunity for you to look at a piece of writing critically, thinking about how it is crafted.
Often when I judge for a contest, I have to read an entry multiple times. Particularly when it is well-written, and I enjoy it, I read it the first time just for the enjoyment of reading it. Then I will go back and look critically. Those are my favorite entries to read, the ones where I forget I'm judging it for a contest! 
Find your own technique with what works for you, but the way I like to review is to use the Review Tool to make notes while I'm reading the first time. Later, I can go back and elaborate on my notes. Think about what you like in a piece of writing and why you like it, and also what you think isn't working and why it's not working for you. Remember that a lot of writing is subjective and experiences can vary with each reader and writer. Just because you don't like it, doesn't mean it's necessarily wrong. (That's a lesson I still struggle with sometimes)
I really think that hosting a contest or activity can be a great way to find reading material and, as a bonus, help other writers at the same time!
Take care, and as always, keep on writing! 
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Feedback from my last newsletter "Contests & Activities Newsletter (January 11, 2023)" , which discussed finding your family:
I had to...had to leave a review. One of things I love seeing other WDC Moderators, Members, or Staff providing newsletters or WDC public items reading and sharing the concept of sharing. Anyone can do a review and provide thoughts or harmful reviews but anytime you get a item to read that says write, create, be involved always gets me in for a optimistic reaction. I enjoyed reading where you are encouraging others to be involved and create even their own group. It all seems to be good and I enjoyed reading that for other's to write. Thanks for the optimism in this newsletter.
~ Tina M. Courtney 
Thank you! 
This concept was one of Isaac Asimov's themes, with the detectives Elijah Bailey and R Daneel Olivaw investigating a murder among a society based on the avoidance of face-to-face contact, using holographic images or robots to communicate. The Naked Sun, copyright 1956 in Astounding (serial), printed in book form the following year.
~ oldgreywolf on wheels 
That sounds interesting! I'll have to check it out!
I enjoyed your newsletter, thank you for posting my "The Happiness Port Project" in your newsletter!
~ Sunny 
Thanks, and you're welcome! 
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