: Writers Communities? I don't mean writer's circles, or "auditioning sites", although some of these have forums tacked on as a by the by. Usually places to talk about the beardy philosophy of

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I have found genre forums very rewarding.

For example, I write Science Fiction and I am a member in two SF Forums. I have found that SciFi Fans are enthusiastic and quite capable when I need help with writing SF. Plus, they don't have any reservations (as this site has) with brainstorming ideas and other "off topic" topics.

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For a British slant you could try the community at Writers & Artists

From their overview

Ability to share thoughts and ideas with other writers

Also there is a thriving literature community at DeviantArt. Visit the Literature Forum or join one, two or ten of the Literature Groups

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Forward Motion is a community with lots of forums for discussions about business and craft (and other things), writing challenges/exercises/marathons, posting goals or submissions and rejections to cheer on other writers, chat rooms, critiques, articles... You can participate in any or all.

It's free and is open to any genre of fiction, though my impression is that most people there are genre writers (SF, fantasy, romance, mystery). It was founded in 1998 and is still going strong.

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AbsoluteWrite is another forum that looks interesting. There are sub-forums for different interest areas, publishing, genres, etc.

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NaNoWriMo forums are pretty good. They're generally fairly slow during the off-season though. Their IRC chatroom, however, is always busy year round. I hang out there quite often an it's a great place to chat with other writers.
www.nanowrimo.org/eng/forum
Writer's Digest forums are also supposedly fairly good, but I've never tried them.
forum.writersdigest.com/category-view.asp
There are tons of good groups for writers on Goodreads. They're a generic one I'd recommned - On Fiction Writing. There are also groups for every genre and a lot of them have specific areas for writers to talk with each other and interact with readers.
www.goodreads.com/group/show/13591.On_Fiction_Writing
The Young Writer's Society is also a pretty good place for 21 and under. There are places to chat and discuss with other writers and there are also places to post poetry/shorts/novels for critique and feedback.
www.youngwriterssociety.com/

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