Want feedback on your writing but can't afford to get a degree (or just don't want one?) Find, or found a writers' group. But how do you get quality input and experience as opposed to a bunch of hacks only telling you "show, not tell" (during an all-dialogue story) or, even worse, loving everything you come up with? Lorelei Armstrong has some thoughts on getting together a good group, instead of becoming a proverbial crab in a bucket.