111: Season 4 Premiere:The Inklings – How Critique Groups Make (and Break) Writers

The whole Cru gathers together for this one to discuss another (comparatively) famous writing group, The Inklings, whose members included C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien. We discussed our own writing habits, the tension between first‑draft chaos and polished revisions, and whether sharing work too early can kill your motivation. Along the way we played a particularly mean-spirited game.Stories begin at the 20:20 mark and range from sentimental, to witchy, to dialup internet, to a moon of Saturn, to pure poetry.  Also, our friend Amber (Episode #109) over at Tadpole Press is hosting a virtual write-in, with a cool game of bingo and prizes! Check it out. Like this weeks episode and wish you could read as well as listen? Subscribe to our Substack for a summary of our opening discussion, a story from the episode, and a writing prompt!  Be sure to follow us on Instagram (if that's your sort of thing). Please do send us an email with your story if you write along, which we hope you will do. Episodes of Radio FreeWrite are protected by a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) license. All Stories remain the property of their respective authors.