Writing Group--update

Okay, I just found an essay that says more aptly what I tried to say yesterday about having a supportive group to write with. Brenda Ueland states:

The only good teachers for you are those friends who love you, who think you are interesting, or very important, or wonderfully funny; whose attitude is

"Tell me more. Tell me all you can. I want to understand more about everything you feel and know all the changes inside and out of you. Let more come out."

--from: Ueland, Brenda. "Everybody is Talented, Original and Has Something Important to Say." Landmark Essays on Writing Process. Ed. Sondra Perl. Davis, CA: Hermagoras, 1994. page 237.