Mission

Mission
By Silver
Published: May 5, 2007

In my business (healthcare), one of the first things you do when you build something new is to create a Mission statement. A Mission statement is a declaration that answers the questions, "Why are we here? What's the purpose of Room to Write?" Our Mission:

Room to Write is a web site and forum that supports the education, evolution and growth of its member writers and poets. It is a community of aspiring and accomplished writers at all levels, who offer support and guidance to one another in their individual journeys toward personal excellence.

To that end, our primary focus is on educating and encouraging the growth of all of our members. Most of the forums will continue to be dedicated to that purpose. Nevertheless, recognizing that different members are at different levels of development, we have a variety of forums in which to post.

Please be respectful of each other in posting your work, your comments and your critiques. If you ask for critiques (by posting in those forums), please acknowledge the responses politely and decide whether you want to accept the advice or not.

Every time you post a new poem, you'll likely find some will like what you've done, others will not. I'd offer a few suggestions for you:

Keep posting, spend some time reading the other works here, and offer back some comments and critiques for others in return. Be honest and respectful in your comments, as it's how we get better.
Keep the more intensive critiques to the section labeled Critiques (or Advanced Critiques), while being fairly lenient and somewhat more supportive in Poems.
Take what anyone says with a grain of salt. You'll often find some very good advice, if you're willing to listen. As in most of your life, you're best off if you can take what you want to heart, and leave the rest.

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