Real-life writing groups share their tips

Many authors credit their writing groups with empowering their work, but maybe you’ve tried them and they were a bust ... or maybe you’ll have to create one from scratch.

If either of those two scenarios ring true for you, you might enjoy some on-the-ground advice from writing groups in the United States and South Africa.

The five groups share their formats, do’s and don’ts, meeting spots and frequency, and more on Writer’s Digest.