Authors-Gym

The Authors Gym

(An Online Writer's Group)

October 25, 2026

The Authors Gym is a voluntary, free, mutually beneficial "exercise room" that allows writers to improve their own abilities by applying their "writing mind" to the problems, weaknesses, and opportunities in others' writing. 

The process is simple:

1) Qualified writers post their work on The Authors Gym's website for other writers to read. Copyrights remain with the authors.

2) If, as, and when they choose to do so, writers analyze others' writings, piece by piece, and work out in their own "writing minds" ways to improve it.

3) Writers share their observations and ideas for improving each piece with each author, privately, within The Authors Gym system.

4) A conversation about a specific piece can then take place (via email, zoom, voice, in-person, or some other mechanism) between the author and all those who have suggested improvements to it

5) There is no money involved in any of this, and by participating you explicitly waive all right to any compensation for any aspect of your analyses, criticisms, suggestions, ideas, or any other element of your participation.

The benefits of The Authors Gym come not so much from hearing what others think of your own writing and how to improve it, but from the work you do in thinking of how to improve the writings of others.

This exercise – examining, analyzing, critiquing, and improving the work of others – provides opportunities to strengthen your "writing mind," much like lifting weights strengthens your body's muscles. Your stronger "writing mind" is then immediately available to you as you create and improve your own writing.

An explanation of how and why this works is available from the proven writer, Cory Doctorow (who is not affiliated with The Authors Gym), here: https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/23/better-to-give/#than-to-receive

Membership is open to any writer who wishes to improve his or her writing, and who understands that the benefits you get out of The Authors Gym depend heavily on the effort you put into it. To join The Authors Gym, please send a request for membership and no more than 100 words describing your history as a writer to: RobertTheWriter@MyYahoo.com

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Robert Moskowitz
Writer / Publisher
Santa Monica, CA
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