I would like to start practicing writing in Esperanto regularly, with help and corrections. I'm learning Spanish as well, and a forum I use to help me learn Spanish allows you to write whatever you will, and let other forum members proofread and such. Practicing writing has helped me a lot.

That leads me to a few questions:

What is the best way to practice writing Esperanto at a beginner's level, while getting corrections and feedback? I've tried pen-pals, but that can be rather undependable.

I'm already using the excellent correspondence exercises here at Lernu, but I'd also like something a bit more free-form. I haven't seen any proofreading threads on the forums.

Are there tutors or forums for general proofreading? Is it acceptable to request that random stories and writings be proofread on these forums?

Unrelated question: How is best to write "thanks a lot" in Esperanto? "Multan dankon?"

Dankon, kaj ĝis revido!

Arocoun:Is it acceptable to request that random stories and writings be proofread on these forums?

Yes, actually people regularly do that.

Arocoun:
Unrelated question: How is best to write "thanks a lot" in Esperanto? "Multan dankon?"

That’s possible, another possibility is dankegon.

If you haven't done it yet, the course "kio okazas" sounds like a good fit for you. It consists of you writing a story to match with a series of pictures - and a tutor editing your text, again and again, until you get it right.

In general, Esperanto has a culture of not correcting people unless they have asked to be corrected. But if you want to write a text on the forums and get corrections, just ask, in your message. People are happy to correct you.

If you do it in the Esperanto-only forums, that also gives you experience with reading people's corrections and explanations in Esperanto.

This is the kind of info I'm looking for. I guess I didn't see this type of stuff in the forum because most threads seem to be centered around a certain question(s), more than general proofreading.

Dankegon!