The Importance Of The Vocal Facebook Groups

Introduction

I was tempted to Vocal by the huge competition prizes back then that I believed I was good enough to win. Vocal decided I wasn't. However I have been successful in many ways on Vocal, but I believe much of that is due to the various Facebook Vocal Groups.

"Let's Work Together" is a perfect song for this piece, and this is the first time I have heard the Wilbert Harrison version, it has various incarnations and is sometimes played as "Let's Stick Together" but both thoughts are good ones to apply to how we live our lives.

The Brilliance Of The Facebook Vocal Groups

When I started on Vocal I wondered how I could build an audience, and at some point decided to have a look on Facebook. I have run a blog for nearly twenty years and while it has had over a million visits and is currently hitting a thousand visits a day, none of those turned into money or interaction despite the adverts and links on the posts (which these days are mostly about what I am reading). It's not professional but I did some very interesting posts in the past and very often they show up and I repurpose them for Vocal Stories.

I can't be certain of the first Vocal Group that I found but I think it was the Vocal Social Society, created by Lesley Anne and Caroline Jane, and still growing, and encouraging readers and writers.

Creators can share their stories and build their audience in this and other groups.

This and other groups also host non-Vocal challenges and prompts to inspire creators.

The group gave me a lot of encouragement and advice and I made a lot of friends in the group. They made me believe that my work was worthwhile and had value, something I would never have gotten from Vocal. Vocal is a platform to store and share your work and for that, it serves its purpose. The Facebook Groups communicate with their members and always have someone on hand to try and help, something rarer than hen's teeth on Vocal.

Great Incantations: A group dedicated to Writing Challenges does what it says in the title. It is solely for sharing Challenge related stories and therefore great for getting your challenge pieces read and noticed.

The Medium Writers and Vocal Creators Support Group is led by Judey Kalchik with help from some moderators and is a cross platfrom Facebook Group. This is good if you are both a Medium and Vocal creator. I am a member of both platforms but haven't posted on Medium for over a year as I find the format far too time consuming.

One of the most recent groups and the admins are incredibly active and non-stop with so many threads to take part in on a daily basis as well as being jointly responsible for a recent Vocal Challenge that you can check out here.

True Crime, Horror Story & Dark Poetry run by Dharrsheena again does what it says in the description, but is dark and humorous and is a group where I am trusted as an Administrator.

Epilogue

Without these Facebook groups, Vocal would be a drearier place and I don't think I would still be on the platform. Because of these Facebook groups, I can see myself being here for a long time.

These are some of the best Facebook Vocal Groups shared with you in a poem of mine