Amateur writing is writing done by unknown or unpublished authors. It is often self-published or not published at all.

The writing can take many different forms, including writing short stories, poetry, diaries, full-length novels, and almost anything between.

Since the creation of the internet, amateur writing has become a much larger fad, with thousands of websites devoted to amateur writers, blogs, and support-net style writing, such as NaNoWriMo. Amateur writers can now self-publish on the internet, reaching an unprecedented audience with a hobby that at one time may have resulted in only a handful of close friends of the author seeing the manuscript.

See also

National Novel Writing Month -- An amateur writing site devoted to writing 50,000-word novels in the month of November.

FanFiction.Net - A site to read and post fanfiction and get feedback on your writing.

FictionPress- A site to read and post amateur work and get feedback on your writing.

Sources and Further Reading

netYarn - A new site where Authors and Readers can collaborate on great literature and eventually generate revenue for themselves based on popularity.

The Den of Amateur Writing - An amateur writing site for submitting your writings, and giving feedback to others on their writings. Forums for discussing problems are also available. The goal of the site is to help writers develop their skills and work towards getting their work to a level that can get published.

Free Stories Center - A fun, friendly writing site dedicated to submitting your stories and reading other stories.

WDC - A site to read, review and submit amateur poetry, short stories and novels.

External links

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