Also, I often see what Alicia pointed to. Many people here have taken the "drill sergeant" approach to new people posting. "This is a recruit and we're going to show him or her the necessity of having 'the right stuff' and so we'll be rough and yell a little," they seem to reason. This scares a lot of people off. I remember it happening to me when I first posted several years ago. People made brusque, dismissive comments about my poems, were conscending in their remarks, and generally rude. I stuck with it and things eased up but I still remember those things. A workshop calls for tact and good manners.
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