August 25, 2009 by Bryan Falla
online workshops, the writers' social network, social networking for writers, social network for writers, Workshops
One of the things that sets Peerscribe apart from regular social networks is the ability to create and join workshops. Workshops allow you to exercise your creative muscles by forcing yourself to write in a structured environment.
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Creating a workshop on PS is very easy. Go to your Workshop tab (up top), click on Create a new workshop, then fill out the form top-down. Separate Topics with commas the way you would separate tags on a blog. For the Website, try adding a page that might further explain the subject of your workshop. A Wikipedia page might be a good, simple addition to your workshop. (Adding a Website is optional, however.)
To add a manuscript to your workshop, click on the Workshop manuscripts from the workshop's main page. Once in the Workshop manuscripts page, click on New manuscript.
If you join a workshop with a shared manuscript (like Telephone), you can edit the workshop manuscript by going into the Workshop manuscripts page, selecting the manuscript, and clicking Edit manuscript.
Done and done.
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Now go check out some of the open workshops already in progress, get some ideas, and create your own.