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misc.writing is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 193:11 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 June 1991.


For your newsgroups file: misc.writing Discussion of writing in all of its forms.

The charter, culled from the call for votes:

Misc.writing is a forum for discussion of writing in all its forms -- scholarly, technical, journalistic, artistic and mere day-to-day communication. It is a venue for professional writers, would-be professionals and all those who write to communicate.

Misc.writing is primarily about writing in English. As such, it includes consideration of linguistics, grammar and style as they relate to composition. It is not, however, limited to discussion of writing for print -- topics may include a variety of other media and means of communication.

In addition to discussion about the process of writing, misc.writing also addresses writing as a trade, including (but not limited to) reviews of books about writing; notices of workshops and writers' group meetings; and information about marketing and publishing. Tools for writing may be a topic, as well.

Questions about how to write, writing problems and how to improve one's writing are welcome, but long excerpts of written works should not be posted. However, the group may serve as a meeting place for those who wish to exchange works to critique via e-mail.

Although the group is general in nature, misc.writing welcomes discussions about specific forms of writing; contributors are encouraged to identify their topic by including explicit tags such as "TECHNICAL:" or "JOURNALISM:" in subject lines.

Such guidelines shall be enforced by peer pressure only.








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