Welcome to The Writers Bloc, the home base for theOtaku.com's beta-readers and a place for writers to come with questions and learn some new tricks and methods of storytelling, writing, or pretty much anything involving this mutt of a language we call Modern English.

Our Current Pool of Editors and Beta-Readers Includes:


If you have a story, essay, or any written work that you feel could use the assistance of a beta reader or editor, choose a beta-reader from the above list and PM them for availability.

As well, be sure to come visit every now and then to take part in writing workshops and discussions. And of course, if you have your own questions, don't be afraid to ask them here; we're neither teachers nor betters, but peers hoping to help.

The Weekly Schedule:

  • Monday: SomeGuy's Workshop (SomeGuy)
  • Tuesday: Rotating Guest Post (Various)
  • Wednesday: The Wednesday Word (SomeGuy)
  • Thursday: Beck's Workshop (NightBeck)
  • Friday: Updates and Open Questions (All)
  • Sunday: Becky's Writers' Block Busters (NightBeck)

So once again... welcome to The Bloc.

(Banner Design Courtesy of Red Tigress - thanks Red!)

The Wednesday Word: Eviscerate

eviscerate. verb. To remove the entrails from; to disembowel. This is a brilliant word. It's Latin-based: from viscera (itself also a nice, graphic kinda word) meaning "guts", "internal organs" or "int...

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Substitute Scribe Stint: Session One

Welcome to my first writing tutorial for the Writers Bloc. Hopefully everything will make sense to someone other than myself. As one of those rare and elusive “natural” writers, I have the ability to generally sit down and pound out a piec...

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SomeGuy's Workshop, Session Three

I've decided to postpone the final part to the Mike Ireland Big Three, as it's actually an extremely detail-oriented kind of thing that would serve a better purpose at a later time. At present I'm sure people would be far more interested with...

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Becky's Writers' Block Busters, Session One

Oh goodness, sorry for the delay, y'all! My power was out for much of the afternoon because of the awful weather, so I couldn't get online and do this. But hey, this is the internet - you guys are night owls anyway, right? Anyways, hello! ...

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Upcoming Weekly Format

I'm happy to announce that the Writers Bloc, while already being an excellent base of operations for the site's beta readers, shall take a regular format starting this week with a feature for most days of the week. The (current) schedule is...

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