"We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained." Nikki Giovanni I started this group to support, promote, and help fellow aspiring African American writers in the community. Mahogany welcomes all forms of literary talent.  Our members consist of spoken word poets, poets, novelist, screenwriters, and children’s book authors, published and unpublished talent. We are also invested in our community and love to be a part of volunteer efforts. Please join if …

WE'RE BUILDING A CREATIVE BUSINESS NETWORK ACROSS THE ARTS DISCIPLINES IN THE GREATER TRIANGLE, NC! Mixing creative disciplines brings a new dimension to brainstorming.  For example, painters bring different viewpoints to writers.  Musicians connect well with dancers.  Dancers inspire painters (and so on). We all want our creative expressions to be valued, and realistically have to make a living. Creative professionals benefit from a supportive environment to brainstorm & collaborate. If you a …

Looking for experienced writers who would like to put together a shared world zombie anthology that would eventually be self-pub'd on Amazon. We will meet one night every two weeks (negotiable), brainstorm, plot, plan, write, edit... all the way to pub'ing.

Calling all female writers! This is a low-key group for writers seeking a friendly and intimate way to brainstorm ideas, share works-in-progress, trade publication tips, and form friendships based on a shared love of literature and written craft. This group focuses on writing and staying creative. We have on-line meetings and support, where you can upload pages, get reviews, and keep creative when you can't attend physical meetings.  All levels of writers are here... from the "It sounded like …

The Shortie Films group was created with the purpose of providing a learning environment that nurtures creativity and encourages expression while promoting the art of "film making" with the goal of producing quality content. The groups’ focus will be on teaching via "in-studio workshops" as well as working environments, the fundamentals of creating, producing and distributing videos, short films and streaming content. Core Meetup "Events" will be structured in two ways 1.) "Short-shops" = presen …

There are some great writing groups in Wake County already, but what I need the most is some time away from the house to be able to actually work. To that end I’ve started this group to provide write-ins for every author, regardless of genre or skill level. This is a writing practice group where you can work on a specific project, find your inner voice, or just try your hand at writing for the first time. Writing prompts will be given at the start of each session (and on Twitter @WakeWriters) bu …

Come meet other local writers and let creativity bloom! Looking to make this group writer friendly, helpful and encouraging to new and experienced writers. Critique for growth will be encouraged- but it should be appropriate and given in a helpful manner! The Durham Writer's Group is the second largest writer’s group in the RTP area. We are a group of writers focused primarily on improving our writing and polishing our work for publication. We do not charge no membership fees, try to keep meetin …

We are a writing critique group specifically geared toward people working on novels. Most of our members are writing sci fi/fantasy, but we are open to writers working in other genres. If you are primarily a poet or a playwright, we are not the group for you. We intentionally keep our membership small so that every member of the group can submit writing to every meeting. As a result, we are all very familiar with each others' work. We seek members who are committed to providing honest, constru …

This is a group for people who share the interests of sci-fi, fantasy, reading, writing, etc.

This group is for people who have or want to have their books published on eBook pages such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Sony, iTunes, Diesel-eBook, Smashwords, etc. The object of this group is to help people get through the intricacies of getting your book out, and share resources for cover art, advertising, and formatting. It was started by Steve Stone, teacher of eBook publishing classes at Wake Tech Community College because there is no group like it in the area.

Hieroglyphics on the walls of Egypt was once believed to be some secret magical wisdom understood and used only by Egyptian priests. This belief remained until scholars discovered the symbols described sounds; the pictures indicated words or syllables and it became a language to convey ideas. Egyptians continued use of the ideographic and syllabic systems, even after alphabets were discovered. Likewise, when Barack Hussein Obama, II was first heard, many pondered the representation of such a nam …

The Triangle Writers Meetup Group is a collection of writers from various paths with the same goal: to get published. Raleigh-Durham area writers meet to further improve each other's short stories, memoirs, novels, screenplays, queries and various other works in Raleigh, North Carolina. For 2011 there are 5 revolving subgroups (SEE THE ABOUT PAGE FOR INFO) offered to TW: * Triangle Critique Groups (I and II)* Early Bird Critique Group* Virtual Critique Group* Screenplay/Stageplay Critique Grou …

We do something a wee bit different every month. Last month it was Show 'n Tell, this month: MANNA (where everyone is invited to bring something that has extraordinary value to them and to no one else.) Next month? Who knows? Something a wee bit different. Come join us amid the sometimes bustle of coffee, tea and cupcakes, one Tuesday a month, at the Looking Glass Cafe.

This is a group for anyone who enjoys reading or writing long-form or book-length works of nonfiction. If you enjoy long-form feature writing in the New Yorker, the Atlantic, or Esquire... or books by authors like Laura Hillenbrand, Rebecca Skloot, Bill Bryson, David Sedaris, Malcolm Gladwell, or Gay Talese, this would be a meetup for you. I'm looking forward to monthly meetups to read and discuss great nonfiction. Sometimes we'll read and discuss an article or two; other times, a nonfiction boo …

This is a group that needs talented writers, performers, artists and designers in order to collaborate as a group to create an original play and eventually have it performed on stage. It will take passion and a love of creating something unique in order to be a member of this group. It is certainly something we can pull off, as long as the group works together. To write, produce, perform and premiere an original play is not something many people can ever say they had a chance to do, and I believ …

Someone recently said, poetry is not meant to be read quietly, but to be listened to. So just like in the Dead Poets Society movie, I would like to meet with people who also love poetry, love to read it aloud, love to perform it, love to talk about it and love to write it. - Let's come together sharing poems and why they touch us the way they do. Check out our website !!! http://www.livingpoetry.net/ Follow us on Facebook: Living Poetry Facebook Listen to our podcasts: Living Poetry Podcast Here …