A supportive environment to help each other write, get feedback, encouragement, and improvement in any genre of writing. We are also planning on publication of work, whether through submissions to small magazines, or full-length books to commercial publishing houses. Anyone who has a real interest in writing may join.

This group is birthed from a passion to join personal growth and discovery with creative process. It offers opportunities to take a purposeful approach to easily discovering, attracting, creating and receiving wonderful lives. It offers opportunities to explore various creative and artistic expressions and how they can both guide and reflect our truest selves. It offers fun opportunities to be creative, crafty and artistic. It offers opportunities to connect with others in an atmosphere of suppo …

Want to keep those writing muscles flexible and challenged? Then join us for a fun, varied, and motivating “circuit” of writing activities! Whether you’re just beginning the creative process, trying to break through a case of writer's block, or looking for a fresh angle on a work-in-progress, this group may offer useful prompts, new approaches, unexpected discoveries, and general inspiration. We’ll work through guided exercises that help us generate ideas, explore imagery, experiment with lan …

This meetup uses Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way principles and framework to explore and expand our creativity! This group is great for: Creative dabblers People who don't consider themselves creative, but want to be Creative Entrepreneurs Professional Artists who want to keep pushing their creative edges People considering a change to a creative career This Meetup Group is founded by Victoria Dzenis and Kate Phillips, two Certified Professional Coaches, each artists in the …

This is a place to share ideas and stories with other authors. It is open to writers of all experience and skill levels. We're looking for writers who want to help each other master the craft of writing and editing. Our emphasis is narrative (plot, pacing, character, description), which is most typically associated with prose writing (fiction and non-fiction)- but don't feel limited by labels. Writers who work in any style (drama, poetry, comic books) are also welcome in our group. Members shoul …

Seeking a writers group but need to meet during the day? Meet other local writers and let creativity bloom! We'll spend 45 minutes writing our brains out in the wonderful company of our peers and 15 minutes sharing work or talking about current writing life challenges and successes. This meetup is for those of us that have difficulty attending events in the evenings. All events will be scheduled in daylight hours.

This is a daytime group about writing, writing, writing. Finding time to write can be an issue, clearing an evening adds to the challenge. We'll write for 45 minutes and process the experience for 15 minutes. If this works well, we may add a critique or education component later. For now, this is just about sitting down and writing.

Do you have ideas running through your mind all the time that you would like to put into a story that you might even be able to get published one day? Would you like to have others read your writing or listen to your ideas and give you feedback? Would you like to give feedback to other writers about their stories? If yes, then this is the group for you. Who knows, maybe we'll even make some friends in the process of improving our writing. That sure sounds good to me. We'll write for the first 45 …

Eastside Author Chat is a safe haven for writers to gather, chat, share frustrations, and participate in workshops and writing challenges. Whether you are a poet, a novelist, or you just like to scribble random things on napkins, this is the group for you. Everyone welcome; all writing styles and all genres.    

It's not you, it's me. . . It's not that I don't want to read your stuff -- I need to write my own first. This group is for writers who are Not looking to share their work or join a class, but who simply want to write. Get Out and Do It. Make it real. Just show up and do your thing. Polish that short story. Start a poem. Write a novel. Flash fiction. Blog. Start a screenplay. Freelance. Stay or leave whenever you want. . . Show up early or stay late to chat. See you there!

Let's get together and provide feedback on each other's work. We will meet monthly with new work in hand for others to review, with the hope the deadline will help keep us motivated! The Who and the Why of Seattle Writers' Meetup Who are we? We are the courageous wordsmiths who dare to place their dreamings onto the page. We are a group of writers dedicated to helping one another grow stronger and more confident in the craft of writing. We come from all walks of life, from infinite perspectives …

Welcome to Redmond Roaring Writers! We're a writing/critique group that meets every other Wednesday at the Redmond, WA Panera Bread.  This is a drop-in group, meaning that all you need to do is to print out up to 6 pages (double-spaced) of your current work-in-progress. Be sure to check attendance so you know how many to print out. We critique each piece in turn, aiming for delivering helpful feedback in a supportive environment. Thank you for your interest, hope to see you soon!

We are a scifi and fantasy writing fellowship. What does that mean? Well, I'll tell you my good reader... a group that meets once every two weeks to support each other's scifi and fantasy writing efforts with - editing, critiquing, discussing ideas or just encouraging our floundering efforts. We welcome any length piece of fantasy and science fiction. And be warned, as avid fans of fantasy and science fiction, you will be exposed to certain nerdishness and plenty of particular.

We're an autonomous collective of like-minded young (at heart) people who share a love of the arts and the creative process in general. I started this group because there are tons of us in this city, but for some reason, we all seem to be scattered or otherwise barred from connecting with one another in a meaningful way. So, I figured that even the littlest excuse can help bridge that gap.   To read a makeshift manifesto for the group, click here: http://www.meetup.com/Twenty-Something-Artists-W …

Being creative helps us connect with ourselves, our audience, and a power greater than ourselves. It's part of being a whole, happy, fulfilled human being...and yet, it also comes with challenges. This group is devoted to helping you find joy in creativity in spite of the many common blocks that get in the way--perfectionism, the inner critic, fears, feeling overwhelmed, not having the time and energy, and more. While we might do our work solo, we all benefit from the power of community. Join us …

This group is for alumni of Hedgebrook programs. (http://www.hedgebrook.org/) Anyone who has completed a Hedgebrook class, residency or event is welcome to join! We seek to serve the community of writers and people who seek extraordinary work by visionary women. Hedgebrook supports a growing global community of women writers from all over the world with residencies at our retreat on Whidbey Island, and programs to connect their work with readers and audiences of all ages.