The Write Thread is a small, friendly and supportive group of creative people living around the world.  It is an unusual meetup group as it is designed as both an online venue  and as a means to connect up occasionally in face-to-face meetups.   Can't stop writing?     The Write Thread message board is a venue for friendly discussion, writing prose, poetry or just playing around.  Write a blog,  or share the best of your blog here with us.  You can log on here and join in the discussion at any …

Write with me..... I want to be your partner, can't you see.... Welcome to "Write that Novel." We are a small group of novelists who meet twice a week to motivate, support, and provide accountability for each other's writing. I like to keep the membership small with a very committed group of authors. If you are looking to actually get your novel done, come join us. We'll help you get there.

Are you a writer looking for a writing group to join in the East Bay? We are a small group of experienced writers in various stages of writing/revising books and/or short stories spanning various genres. We share our pieces a few days ahead of our biwkly mtgs and when we meet, we focus on one piece at a time with each person providing feedback. Friendly, casual atmosphere. Our group is pretty small and that has been great, but conflicting work schedules prevent us all from contributing pieces/at …

This group is for all the writers who are in the "trying to be" stage of reaching the official status of "writers." Writing can be for a book, blog, magazine article, op-ed in newspaper, etc. Let's get together and write, critique each other's works, discuss writing styles, the challenges of being a writer, and the joys.

By the end of 2012 I'm supposed to graduate from Cal with a PhD. That is, if I can write the thousands of words I need to put down on paper! This group is for other grad students who need peer support for their writing. My goal for the group is to set aside two hour sessions a couple of times per week where we set a manageable goal for that session, and complete it. Each meetup will begin with a 15 minute "buffer period" where we can grab coffee, catch up and state our goals for the 90 minutes. …

"Writers from India" is a place where Writers and Enthusiasts of the written word from the Indian Sub Continent can come together and share their work. The main idea behind this group is to foster the writing of expatriate Indians living in San Francisco Bay Area. You can be a storyteller, a Poet, blogger, a Travel writer or just an enthusiast, the genre does not really matter, if you can write you should be here. India is a nation of different languages and limiting this group to one language a …

Writing offers a way for people to connect to deeper, wiser aspects of ourselves – a way for us to find out, as the poet Audre Lorde said, “what we didn’t know we knew.” Almost every writer has experienced mysterious moments when the words that flow from our pens, or from our fingers on a keyboard, seem as if they come from someplace else – a place beyond our small human selves. Sometimes, when we let it happen, it’s as if the words become a little boat, a raft on which we can sail in a large …

The Writers Cafe is off to a great start. We're been meeting for two and a half months now. The group is currently full, however if you are interested, join up and send me an email. I'll contact you and give you an email address where you can send a writing sample -- either a chapter of your novel or a short story. If what you're doing is in sync with the group I'll put you on the waiting list and let you know where things are at with the group. The current group is excellent. All of the writer …

"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. " ~Anton Chekhov There are a lot of writing groups that get together to write and read work. This is not one of those groups. This group is inspired by Dorothea Brande's classic bestselling reference book "Becoming A Writer" that focuses on removing the unconscious impediments that lead us would-be writers to falsely believe that writers are born, and not made. It's about acting, feeling and thinking like a writer to …

Become a Successful Suspense Novelist! It was a dark and stormy night, and I decided it was the perfect setting for starting a writer's Meetup group. Writing what? Thriller and suspense, of course! We meet to help each other write better, market better, and sell better--all the way up to best seller. NOTE: This isn't a critique group though you are encouraged to join one. We won't be reading each other's writing. We will instead be teaching and learning from each other skills and techniques to i …

Parents,  Imagine your teen being in a well-lit room full of aspiring writers, where everyone is talking excitedly and laughing. Some people are reading their stories out loud; others are asking for feedback on their blog posts and college essays. Everyone is working on a special piece for the Annual Teen Writers Anthology. The energy is contagious. Is your teen curious about joining a group of Teen Writers who share their passion for writing? As a parent, would you like to encourage their writi …

WELCOME We're looking for other folks who, like us, have been bitten by the 'memoir bug' and would benefit from the outlet and support offered by a writing circle. Our group meets in the East Bay -- right now in South Berkeley -- twice a month.  We start with a prompt (or jump-off) exercise, then read work we’ve brought and give each other feedback. We welcome the interest of anyone who is willing to:  (1) Attend each of the sessions between now and June 3rd.  (2) Begin writing, if you haven't a …

We are a writing group that has been around for almost two years. We have had five long term members and are now looking for a few additions to our group. We write in various genres, including mystery, sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and coming-of-age. We meet once a week on Tuesdays, from 7-9pm. Submissions are uploaded by Sunday at midnight for critique at the next meeting. In addition to our own short stories and novels, we also participate in contest for magazines from time to time, or …

Welcome to The Writers’ Place! This Meet-Up is for aspiring authors who would love to take writing and creativity classes in a warm, welcoming atmosphere. Skip the bridges and tunnels. Join Creativity/Writing Coach, Barbara Millman Cole and Freelance Editor and YA author, Karen Morison-Knox, for classes on writing, editing, and creativity. Transform into the writer you want to be. Barbara and Karen, both award-winning authors, will help you discover the joy of writing and the secrets to writing …

A few of us (well, two) aspiring science fiction/fantasy writers were looking for a serious critique and write-sharing group to join. We thought, hey, lots of people in Berkeley must love sci-fi...we just have to find them and get them in a cafe. The group is open to anyone who is writing in the genre or who enjoys it enough to read other people's writing and provide serious and supportive critique. What kind of writing? Screenplays, novels, short stories, YA...you name it. We share our writing …

This group is for writers of all abilities, and is an opportunity to get together with other writers.  Our group meets the first and third Thursday of every month - and can be open to more meetups if people want.     First Thursday Meeting - The first Thursday of every month is facilitated by Denise Spiller.  Her topic is Write, Publish, and Produce!  In addition to setting writing and publishing goals, Denise has some guest speakers lined up in the coming months who will talk with us about the …