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Not really for sharing links, but for discussion there's https://writing.stackexchange.com And for general use of the English language, there's: https://english.stackexchange.com
https://www.reddit.com/r/Screenwriting/ was awesome. Max Landis would literally pass on good spec scripts posted on the internet by randos to his hollywood agent back in the day, and regale the hordes with making of anecdotes from "American Werewolf in London" ;)
I really hope HN is able to supply a few communities. My wife is a writer/editor, so I'd love to share one with her. I showed her HN, and the level of discourse that happens here, and she was really surprised at the level of discourse that happens here. If nothing else, maybe someone with some motivation sees an opportunity to create such a community. May or may not involve cloning dang.
I'd invest a few dollars into the "clone dang" kickstarter. At the very least he should consider writing a book on fostering communities through tasteful moderation.
Taking this further why aren't there more communities like HN? What makes this place so special and obnoxious at the same time?
The problem facing a dedicated HN-for-X site is that X-experts, spend most of their time doing X instead of talking about doing X with people-aspiring-to-do-X.
I mean Steven King is mostly writing books and when he gives advice he scales it by writing it down (or having it video recorded).