For people of all ages who are interested in honing their writing skills, meeting with fellow creative writers and bouncing ideas off of each other. Meetups will include a chat with a published author, and a question and answer session.

Discover the writer within you! A journaling community for personal growth, creative expression, and life enhancement. Join us and learn different ways to write in your journal, adding color, perspective, and dimension to your reflective writing. With the help of these journal tools, you can gently but powerfully explore the various aspects of yourself, your life, and your relationships with others. Jennifer Wolfe Guidry and Marilyn Jones are certified instructors for the Journal to the Self wor …

Imagine a roomful of baseball coaches, talking about the game, the greats, the might-have-beens, strategy, why on earth did the American League implement the designated hitter? Fun for those who love baseball. And then think about Thanksgiving. You wanted to talk about writing, but hesitated. No one would understand your need to write. And comments such as “that’s nice” and “it must be so fulfilling” would do little to satisfy. So you spent the rest of the day listening to spellbinding commentar …

Sunsational Publishing, LLC presents: Ladies' Anthology Writers Group. If you are a lady and enjoy writing short stories, join our monthly anthology group and become a published author. Each story submission for our monthly-themed anthology book is $99 (min. 10 authors). Choose any or all months to participate. Ladies' Anthology Writers rule and that's the L.A.W.

Seeking serious writers with a focus on improving their work.

The Florida Writer’s Association is a statewide organization that has 1300 to 1400 members statewide. The motto of the organization is “Writer’s helping writers!” FWA meeting are free and open to the public although you may become a member of FWA and enjoy additional benefits by applying online at www.floridawriters.net. The Orlando FWA Writer’s Group is comprised of new/novice writers through experienced writers and even some bestselling authors. In addition, there are publishers, editors, book …

Screenwriters of Brevard (SOB)'s mission is to increase the knowledge and broaden the appreciation of the craft of screenwriting; to set specific, achievable goals for our own script projects and be accountable to each other for those goals; to give and receive critique on each other’s work whilst striving to be as constructive as possible; to learn the craft and share knowledge whilst developing our skill set for the purpose of writing, marketing and producing screenplays.

Orlando Writer's Critique Group is a forum for brand new to bestselling authors to present their work for positive-oriented feedback from the group. Each writer may bring 500 words of a story, article, poem or portion of a book from all genres to read to the group. Bring handouts if you would like members to write critiques.

If you are a visual artist in any medium, if you write any form of creative prose or poetry, or if you are a musician with original work, and you want to meet and share, this is your group. No critiquing, no tips on improvement, just a chance to share your enjoyment. If you want to promote your work for sale, directly or by inviting members to a gallery or club, it's great to mention it during a meeting, bring flyers, business cards, samples of your work, etc., just be gracious, no hard sellin …

A group of advanced writers who will meet to critique each other's work, offer tips, inspiration and ideas. Only for those who have been and wish to be published. Fiction, non-fiction, adult, YA and Middle Grade.

The Sci-Fi & Fantasy Writers of Jacksonville, FL (SFFJAX) is a professional organization for authors of science fiction, fantasy and related genres. We are opening our doors officially in August, 2012, with face-to-face meetings beginning in September, 2012.  SFFJAX informs, supports, promotes, educates and helps members grow as writers ... sharing the journey we've all embarked on, whether a day ago or several decades ago. SFFJAX members look out for each other and provide assistance, mentorshi …

Who We Are: We are the Florida chapter of the Alliance for Independent Authors, the only nonprofit organization for the self-publishing writer. ALLi is a growing support organization with internationally recognized advisors and with MeetUp groups forming around the world to help Indie authors like you. Please visit us online at http://www.AllianceIndependentAuthors.org. Meetups are free for members ($10 for non-members). Annual Membership is required to officially join our local chapter. We inte …

Want to perform, act, and do group comedy acts in short routines? Learn how to work a small and large stage? 5 & 10 minute plays? I am starting this group to give young adults to senior citizens a chance to challenge themselves and bring out their inner talent while enjoying live theater. Looking forward to meeting shy, outgoing, and willing enthusiasts. I'm a middle aged playwright and actor who has relocated to Flagler Beach from Wisconsin. Will meet in public locations as the ultimate goal is …

Let's get together for wonderful food and drinks with a spectacular view of the river combined with lively discussions about anything and everything we are reading!

ORLANDO SCREENWRITERS has members from all over Central Florida. We are filmmakers, writers, actors, movie lovers, Floridians...and we all have a story in us that's eager to be told. We're all about the LIVE meetup, thus we keep our membership whittled down only to those who participate. We definitely encourage newbies to join us & see HOW MUCH FUN it is, while we discourage people from joining but never attending. A modest $5 annual dues is required upon joining. Join us for  READ & CRITIQUE e …

This is a group for aspiring Screenplay Writers from novices to advanced to come together and share both creative ideas and writing experiences, to learn the craft of writing a script that agents want to sell and producers want to buy. Work shops on the various facets of the script will be covered such as creating and developing the story concept, learning how to properly format and write a spec script, and how to take advantage of the do' s and don't's of Hollywood's Lessons Learned. Along the …

We Welcome You to OWIB- Orlando Women in Business Orlando Women in Business is a different kind of networking group. We are a relationship building group. This group is dedicated to helping women in business reach high levels of success. This is an invitation to all women business owners, entrepreneurs or women who work in any capacity in the business world. Our members spend quality time with each other really getting to know each other. Our groups have a limit of 30 per chapter and each attend …

We are located at 916 Columbus Avenue, Melbourne, FL 32901 The Center has been transformed and reorganized by a small group of volunteers who is now running it and working hard to keep it open Community Center for Healing Arts is a non-profit organization and with 501(c)(3). All donations are tax-deductible. The Community Center for Healing Arts offers a wide range of self-help seminars and creative arts classes in a positive, safe and supportive environment. Currently, we offer the exploration …