Writing Practice Prescription

Consider creating a social network to support your current writing efforts. Or, if you don’t want to start and maintain one, find and join one that focuses on your area of interest.

The benefits of a social network include:

• A built-in community of people with your same concerns and interests
• Personalized forums
• Active discussion groups
• A place to post your art
• A place to post your video clips
• Many of them can be started with free software packages. (I chose www.ning.com to start mine.)

Should you consider starting a social network on your website, consider getting your own domain name for the network.

For the Saving Cinderella Network, I purchased the domain name, www.savingcindy.com. This makes it easy for folks to find after you tell them about it. They may not be able to remember “www.yourwebsite.ning.com” when they get home from the party where you met them, but they can remember a catchy name.

To see the social network that I started to support my current book, please visit www.savingcindy.com. There you can check out the details of a social network.

To start your own social network, visit www.ning.com and follow the instructions on their home page.