Writing circles can be helpful inside and outside of the classroom.

She was well known as a prolific writer among her Middle Atlantic writing circle.

Does anyone know of a crime / mystery writing circle in the Greater Seattle area?

Normally, the goal of a writing circle is to improve one's own craft by listening to the works and suggestions of others in the group.

A writing circle brings writers from different walks of life together, in one place to discuss their work in a workshop style setting.

Following its subsequent growth, there has been an increasing focus on the community aspect of the site, with features such as groups and writing circles being added.

There are many different types of writing circles or writing groups based on location, style of writing, or format.

A writing circle is a group of like-minded writers needing support for their work, either through writing peer critiques, workshops or classes, or just encouragement.

The South Side Writers Group was a writing circle of several authors and poets from the time of the Chicago Black Renaissance.

This play is regarded as the forerunner to the adult's play Improbable Fiction, performed in 2005 which featured a man wandering through the stories of his writing circle colleagues.

Face-to-face writing groups (also known as writing circles, writing groups, or workshops) can be a source of great support and encouragement for writers in what is sometimes a lonely endeavor.

(An early chapter published in Granta and in "Da Capo Best Music Writing 2002" prompted heated blog volleys in music writing circles.)

He is active in professional writing circles, being a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, the Authors Guild, and the National Writers Union.

Traditional fiction writers and writing circles have experimented in creating group stories, such as Robert Asprin's Thieves World and MythAdventures - such approaches date back at least as far as The Floating Admiral in 1931.

In 1981, they did "Open All Night," an ABC sitcom about a 24-hour convenience store (Mr. Tarses cast himself in a supporting role as the neighborhood cop) that ran less than two months but is still referred to admiringly in comedy writing circles.

Famous in writing circles for using a staggering number of pseudonyms, he argues that this helps keep his work fresh, ensures the writing stands on its own merit rather than his reputation and "irritates my publicist so much that it's become a self-destructive habit I can't give up".