I've been in a small, informal regular writing group since 2001, meeting once every two weeks in Somerville. People have come and gone from the group, but it's just kept on going for a decade now.
The great thing about the group, aside from the feedback and commentary, is that it forces you to have a deadline. When your turn comes up, you need to pass something in. Often you turn towards things you've done in the past, either revising or reimagining it over and over.
The following is one such story idea, which was to imagine a comic book universe in which the superheroes become aware that they are in a fictional universe. Of course, since some superheroes are geniuses, they figure out a way to cross over into the real world, with unforeseen consequences. This idea was one I had in 2003, and I'm now working on the third iteration of it.
