This group is created specifically for Creative Writers, who know they have something beautiful, meaningful, or helpful to say, know (or may not know yet) that they are incredibly talented, can make the time for writing, yet somehow, something else seems to always get in the way. We all know how self-defeating procrastination can be, waiting for a better time ("when I have more hours, when I am less rushed, etc.") until the opportunity is lost, but also that procrastination is merely a habit. J …

Writing for work or play, what would you like to do? The goal of this group is to promote excellence and productivity through the skill and craft of writing. Free workshops to set your goals and action plan, then more action-oriented activities to prevent writer's block from setting it!

We are a small group of writers, each with a unique story or series of stories to tell.  Our goal is to meet a couple times a month to inspire, encourage and support one another as we commit to our writing journeys.  Ultimately each of us aspires to get published and to keep on writing as long as the muse calls.  We are purposely keeping this circle of writers small to maintain the intimacy and integrity of the group - similar to a book club.  However, we do have a waiting list for future member …

There is a seemingly endless supply of books on the writing craft, so instead of feeling guilty because I'm working or doing the laundry instead of reading an enlightening book on the craft, I thought I'd set up an actual monthly time and place to fulfill this need and have writers to talk to about the book! We will read everything from books on writing fiction to poetry to screenwriting. Whatever catches our fancy that month. I'd like to find organizers in several areas of the city, then we can …

       The Conejo-Simi Valley Writers Group seeks to bond and strengthen its writer-members in their desire to become better writers. We are here to help our members discover how to write at the top of their form, to edit their work to near-perfection, to get published, and to then encourage them to repeat the write-edit-publish formula over and over.        This Group is open to both published and unpublished writers whose writing interests might be expressed across a wide range of formats and …

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… If you are interested in having your work critiqued by smart, creative, and supportive writers like yourself, please email a 3 - 4 page sample of your fiction for us to review, along with a short paragraph about yourself. if we like your sample, we will invite you to come meet us. Thanks for your interest!

Welcome! This is writing/critique group dedicated strictly to novelists (sorry, other genres are great but our focus is on novels) serious about becoming professional writers. If you have a finished novel or a work in progress and you'd like to engage in constructive feedback in a non-threatening environment, then this is your group. We're open to all genres of fiction, but I personally would love to have more writer's of women's fiction join as this is my main focus. Whatever genre you …

Out of the Blue Poetry Series Presents Bring out Your Dead: Looking at the Rough Draft to Find the Revision (A 6 week Course, Class Limit 7) Time: Mondays, January 23 - February 27, 7:00 - 9:30 p.m. Place: Culver City (private residence) Tuition: $120 for the course (check due Jan 23rd, first day of class) E-mail treshahaefner@yahoo.com to sign up Take Your Writing to the Next Level! Have you ever wondered what to do with the rough draft that wants to play rough? Do you want to learn the techniq …

FOR MORE NEWS ABOUT THIS AND OTHER CREATIVELIFE WORKSHOPS, VISIT OUR WEBSITE. www.creativelife.com   THE ARTIST'S WAY WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION Increase productivity. Improve confidence. Proven three month program inspires artists and others (creative people in all walks of life) to break through resistance, self-criticism, fears, perfectionism, jealousy, limiting beliefs and other creative blocks to connect to their intuition and the creative energies of the Universe. Practical tools and in-class ac …

getting together to discuss our stories, why we write, and how we can write with the Just One Book Project to fight for equal rights!

The Artist Way started out as a collaboration of tips and hints from various artists and authors. It is a 12 week program designed to help people open up creatively, also helps creative people who are feeling blocked or uninspired, it also helps people who aren't sure what they want to do creatively they just want to do SOMETHING. I started working with the artist way several years ago when I was feeling empty of any sort of creativity. It has helped me and countless others. I tried doing it by …

The Purpose of this group is to introduce certain aspects of Arts such as paintings, Photography, Writing, Film Making and Music to everyone who is interested to know more about it.. 1- Film Making 101 2- Photography 101 3- Art of Painting 101 4- Art of Story Telling 101 This group is a great place for all people who share same interests to get together and we can take photographs, watch films, discuss art and short stories and we will get the chance to attend art galleries, exhibitions, movie p …

We are a group of professionals in publishing who can assist writers, authors, and thinkers develop their book ideas and learn how to self-publish their book or e-book. We can also teach you about working with a traditional publisher.  Rick Benzel is an editor and ghostwriter with 35+ years experience in book publishing and corporate writing. He has edited 100s of books, authored 5, and ghostwritten 10 for professors, consultants, and business executives. He was the Senior Editor for the best-se …

  We're a group dedicated to becoming professional screenwriters! REQUIRED READING FOR NEW PEOPLE - Please read the Screenwriting Group Q and A's pdf before attending your first Thursday workshop. It's located in the "MORE" section, in "FILES." See you Thursday at 8pm!

this group is closed as we are moving to a professional site.