I think musicians have a stronger, more supportive online community than other creatives. I'm not entirely sure why.
Creativity is often a solitary affair, so it's normal for creative people to be working on something by themselves.
I suppose music is often a collaborative things, so lends itself to working with others.
I find the online writing communities a bit puzzling. I don't really get the point and perhaps most other writers don't either, which is why their isn't really much of a community. But maybe there is a community idk.
I find writers' communities concerned with asking technical questions, questions about grammar, or story structure. Or they involve challenges that give you something to write that takes you away from what you want to write.
I sort of feel any attempt to join in an answer those questions is time wasted that could be spent, y' know, writing the thing you're passionate about writing.
I suppose a successful community would involve actually reading and endorsing each others' work. But again that takes you from what you want to read, and people already have massive book piles.
idk it's quicker to look at a drawing or listen to a 3 minute song than read an entire novel.
idk
@lydiaconwell I think a successful community of writers would involve a publisher or a literary agent that brought them together.
The difference between musicians and writers is that the former do not step on each other's toes (i.e., a drummer and a guitar player, for instance, complement each other. Even guitar players of different styles do). Writers, on the other hand, all do basically the same thing with minor differences and their own quirks, which makes sharing ideas more difficult.
@josemanuel Yeah ... writers are assholes.