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I think the opening paragraph of this story, so far titled "By The Window" needs a lot of work.

Sometimes prospects in person grow thin and it seems necessary to turn to online realms for that freedom of self-disclosure without people taking immediate flight. So it seemed to Lucy, yet still most who found her from her profile were discarded for getting on her nerves. Or turning creepy. Or not actually reading her profile and then running.

As part of an introduction to Lucy, her relationships, and what she gets out of them, this repetition of people running or taking flight evokes images of self-satisfied "I am kinky and therefore too weird to handle" attitudes that I strongly dislike.

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aesmael

I'm not one for big speeches, so I will keep this short.

The idea behind this community is the desire for a trustworthy, non-overwhelmingly sized writer's group. One which could provide the mutual support, feedback and workshopping I assume is the function of writer's groups normally.

So, the idea is that we can discuss story ideas, setting development, critique drafts, and other activities of that nature. Whatever it is that members of this group do in the pursuit of writing that they believe could benefit from the input of others.

That seems short enough.