If you like to read the history of words, this Wikipedia link about forums might prove interesting: wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Forum.
For our purposes, we refer to forum as a place for people of like minds to get together and discuss a favorite subject. Our desire at FamilyStoriesBlog.com is that our members who wish to communicate with other writers can have a forum or place to do so.
Consider forming your own writers forum using our Groups feature. If you would rather not re-invent the wheel, we have provided two forums for you to try. The first is our own FSB Writers Forum. The second is a link to a well established writers forum called Accentuate Writers Forum.