How To

Subscribe To Forum Topics

Posted Tue, 12/10/2010 - 07:38 by kerryn.angell

One of the easiest ways to keep up to date with discussion in the forums is to subscribe to the topics you're interested in.

Kiwi Writers Web Badge

Posted Fri, 03/09/2010 - 06:37 by kiwiwriters

Show your Kiwi Writer colours with our brand new Kiwi Writers web badge. Now you can display your support all year round.

Update Your Challenge Progress

Posted Wed, 02/06/2010 - 22:55 by kiwiwriters

Update 19/02/12: The Edit button doesn't work with Firefox but does work in Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. We're currently working to resolve the issue.

When participating in any challenge it's a great feeling to update your word count, page count or count of things accomplished each day. To share your success follow these simple instructions.

  1. Go to the Challenges tab and select the challenge that you are participating in.
  2. Between the challenges description and the list of participants will be a read only box titled 'Your Signup Information' with an edit button. Click Edit.
  3. Change your attendance to Participant.
  4. Enter in the total number of words, pages, things required to complete the challenge in the Progress box.
  5. Click Save.

Invite a Friend

Posted Thu, 11/03/2010 - 11:00 by kiwiwriters

Writing can seem like a solitary pursuit but Kiwi Writers proves that writing is friendlier with two, three, four and more! You can invite your friends to join Kiwi Writers and join in the writing fun.

Go to My Account > Invite A Friend where you can send emails to your friends with all the important site information already set for you. This is no bland, computer generated email. You can customise the subject and amend the body of the email to espouse the wonders of Kiwi Writers 2.0.

10 Tips for New Members

Posted Sat, 06/03/2010 - 11:27 by kiwiwriters

Are you new to Kiwi Writers 2.0? Then make sure you check out these Top 10 Tips for New Members.

  1. Go to My Account and select Edit to update your account and profile information. Here you can change your password, set your signature, upload a profile picture, set your locale timezone. Go from Account to Personal Information to share some information about yourself, or to Work In Progress to share information about your current writing project.
  2. Subscribe to the Kiwi Writers newsletter that is issued every month to provide a summary of activity at Kiwi Writers. Go to My Account to manage your subscriptions.
  3. Go to News > Blog to read about all aspects of writing right from the Kiwi Writers staff and subscribe with the RSS Feed.
  4. Visit the Forums and stop by the Introductions forum to get a warm Kiwi Writers welcome. We've also got a members only Critique & Review forum where you can get feedback on your stories.
  5. Check out our Kiwi Mail private messaging in My Account > KiwiMail and get in contact with fellow Kiwi Writers.
  6. We have an amazing Resources section where you can find information about New Zealand, Writing in New Zealand, the Writing Process and much, much more.
  7. If you're on Twitter you can follow Kiwi Writers and hear about all the latest updates from the little birdie. And we're on Facebook, too.
  8. Make sure you read our Terms & Conditions and our Privacy Policy.
  9. For more help and nifty site tips go to Home > Site Help.
  10. And if you have any questions, comments or suggestions for Kiwi Writers please contact us.
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