Creativity, inspiration and imagination must come from within...but none of this will come across on the written page without craft. Whether you are writing your first short story, or working on a 150,000 word manuscript, you'll find yourself needing to have answers to your questions and interaction with other writers. These mini-workshops will keep you on track as you discover and realize your dream of becoming a writer of fine fiction. Subjects we'll be covering during these weekly meetups are …

Calling All Artists!!!! If you are a professional or amateur, engaged in or interested in media arts such as graphic design, web design, creative photography, filmmaking/videoography, 3D graphics/visual effects, audio/music production, creative writing, video editing, digital animation, New Media and business, this group is for you. Meet and network with creative individuals around the Triad. Share ideas and experiences, collaborate and share projects. Showcase your work, get exposure, get advi …

First and foremost this is a writers' critique group. Many talented and published writers rely on some form of outside checks and balances to ensure that their writing is the best it can be. The style, content, and quality of what they write is of paramount importance. This is where a good critique group is invaluable. Critique groups provide a level of overview and feedback that helps a writer prepare their ms. (manuscript) for an editor's sharp scrutiny. In addition to being a critique group, …

Asheville Writers is a collection of writers who are interested in starting or growing their writing career. Developing platforms, earning an income writing, advancing writing skills--if these are of interest to you, join!

Charlotte Writers is a group dedicated to helping and encouraging writers (18+) of all levels, experiences, and genres in pursuing their dreams of publication. For beginning writers we offer feedback and methods in helping to make sure that your first steps into writing are positive ones, while for the more experienced writers we offer substantive critiques to help sharpen your work on its way to submission for publication. We have writers who have professional credits to their name from both bi …

A group for women writers to write, read, share, discuss issues, develop workshops, collaborate, promote, come together.

Interested in reading and writing poetry? We'll meet monthly or weekly (depending on interest) to discuss poetry we read together and workshop poems.

Writers who are serious about making money with their talent and new writers who want to learn from seasoned authors. We meet once a month and help each other with Story Development, Project Development, Building Our Lists, Writing Book Proposals, Getting Agents, Targeting Editors, Article Critique, What Works and What Doesn't.

Dr. Elaine Aron, author of The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You, defines the Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) as someone who “has a sensitive nervous system, is aware of subtleties in his/her surroundings and is more easily overwhelmed when in a highly stimulating environment.” The research psychologist estimates 20 percent of the world’s population test positive for the HSP “trait.” Based on interviews with 40 subjects, she developed a self-test distributed to t …

The purpose of this MeetUp is to help connect WordPress users, Webmasters, and Developers to increase our skills, our web development businesses, and make our Web-Fu strong! (We will try to have a little fun while we are at it! If you run your own blog, develop websites for fun or profit, or love to learn and have fun doing it, please join the group, and we'll see you at the next MeetUp!

All Great Cities have a Lifelong Learning or Community Education program and Carolina Learning Connection is Charlotte's. Our Mission: Create access to affordable and convenient lifelong learning classes or workshops that offer personal and professional enrichment where adults can grow, learn and connect with like-minded people. Please visit our website: Carolina Learning Connection for more information about us.

This is a group (and event) geared toward local Triad spoken word artists (from poets to script).

Our purpose is to have a lot of fun while dancing, painting, making jewelry, writing poetry, making music, and en-corporating ALL of the arts in one place. This is for those who want to learn as well as those who want to sharpen their skill-set in ALL forms of the arts. So if you are interested in making things, writing things, playing music, and dancing... this group is for you=)

The Positive World Mission Statement: In everything we do we strive to improve ours lives, those around us, our community, and the world at large. How We Accomplish The Mission: The Positive World operates on three main principles: Connect, Learn and Contribute. As a member of The Positive World, you are connected with people just like you who are setting goals, chasing dreams and have a strong desire to help others.  Our members are a part of the world’s largest network of positive people. …

Hello...My name is Juliet Stock ...I'm an artist ~ designer and passionate painter of vintage furniture...furniture with personality. My joy is finding and creating one of a kind vintage pieces for your home...each piece unique unto itself...just like you. I have spent my life being creative in many mediums. I Paint ,sew, write.  I was working as a "Fine Artist" but once I started making old things new again with paint and the touch of a brush...I truly found my niche. I am now a CHALK PAINT™ by …