We had a brilliant testimonial come through from an anonymous member of our Ipsum community!
Thank you so much for such a brilliant testimonial!

IPSUM has been of considerable benefit to me when it comes to my personal journey into becoming a better writer. I have learnt some valuable things within the writing groups, things in which can improve newcomers to the art of writing as well as things in which can help seasoned writers to become yet even better writers. It has and will take time in attending the writers sessions, in order to pick up and therefore benefit one with useful gems of sets of information and advice in which will prove helpful for anyone who wishes to become a better writer.

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Writers helping other writers within the writing group sessions when it comes to personal advice and constructive criticism given will be found by many as a useful circumstance in which will help those in attendance to become better writers. The group makes the group when it comes to the IPSUM writing gatherings, we all learn things from one another, with no one in the group being considered as being above anyone else within the group, as we all have our own unique strengths and weaknesses when compared to one another, and we all have our own unique writing styles amongst other valued strengths, no one being in a position in which their writing will prove to not be unique when compared to the writing of any and even all other writers. We’re all different from each other and this is the reason why our individual writing style and the content we come up with shows our unique fingerprint so to speak when it comes to the world of writers.

With these things in mind, I can say with certainty that IPSUM’s writing groups can and will be found by many as a valuable source of information, learning and writing time when it comes to aspiring writers and writers in general.

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During the writing groups writing exercises there are some basic methods to help one in their writing in which are presented to those of the group sessions, methods in which are used a lot within these writers gatherings. Some of these methods in which I have learnt from attending the groups include: Free writing, story cubes, poetry writing, short story writing, word games, pass around stories and such, all of which will be found by those in attendance to be thought provoking, a good mental exercise and at times these things can give out a challenge.

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We usually read out our group written pieces of writing within the same sessions in which we write them, again, this reading out of our written work gives out things in which to think about, with it being that noticeably every one within each writing session, even though they have for instance wrote pieces about the same given writing prompt, always results in everyone coming up with their own unique content when comparing this content to all other content of all of the others in attendance at the writing groups. This is a fact in which proves each person in attendance to be different from one another, them putting out their own dimensions of content when it comes to all of those in the group writing about the same subject.

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During the writing groups there is always an opportunity to share one’s finished writing projects in the form of reading out such pieces of writing within the group setting. This reading out of finished written projects is a fun and also a important part of the writing groups. Listening to others reading out their written projects has provided me with soe useful information and suggestions in which I can apply into my own works of writing.

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One thing in which I have found to be true from my attending the writing sessions is that almost anyone can write. This is a care in which has been proven to be true in the circumstances within the writing groups when it comes to those who have taken up writing by attending one of the group sessions for the very first time, with them doing very well at their very first attempt at writing. I have found it uplifting when it comes to witnessing those who have previously considered that they could never write come to a place of doing very well within their very first writing session.

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The art of writing will be found to suit many people, and attending the IPSUM writing groups is a good place to start writing for the very first time, it being a relaxed group when it comes to the writing sessions, which is a fact in which will leave the group sessions to cater for those who appreciate differing types of writing. For example: If one lines to write fantasy, they are likely to be allowed to write fantasy within the groups, or for instance if one likes to write poems, they are likely to be allowed to write poems. This is not always the case, yet it is the case most of the time. I like it that the writing groups cater for peoples differing interests in the way in which I have just mentioned, as this leaves more space for those in attendance to grow in their preferred writing style.

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With the IPSUM writing groups being such a beneficial resource, I recommend the group to anyone who is at any level of writing experience. The groups as said earlier, being a strong source of help for anyone who intends to become a better writer.