Are you an aspiring writer, poet, novelist or other creative wordsmith seeking to find a group of like minded people to come together and encourage and help you feed and keep your muse? Have you been a writer for a long time now, and felt as though you've lost touch with that creative spark? Are you all too familiar with that dreaded literary monster known as "Writer's Block?" Or do you simply feel that you need more true friends, and people who are living the writer's life just as yourself and …

Professional commitments have prevented the founding organizers of this group from continuing as the leaders, so we're in the process of re-booting and expect to resume meeting in March. Current members:  We'll stick pretty close to the group's original set up, and we hope you'll continue to participate.  New / Potential members:  Here's what we're about... This group is for writers who are seeking inspiration, grappling with writer's block, need a nudge (or shove) to get started, or are inter …

This is a group for beginner and/or intermediate writers who not only want a critique group, but a place to learn about technique and get inspired. I would like to see us meet to critique, learn, and write together (not all at once, but over time). We will not limit genre at this time. This group will focus on prose, not poetry. In the early stages of this group, I am looking for 1-2 people who want the same thing who will serve as a planning committee. Hopefully after a couple of planning meeti …

Monday Night Writers: Houston is a spin-off of a group I used to organize in Los Angeles. Since I moved to Houston, I'm moving the group, too! Imagine your favorite college writing workshop: this is what I'm trying to accomplish on a grown-up level. We will share a piece of writing in advance, get together, and critique a few writers at each meeting. Whether you write professionally, are trying to get published, or would just like to hone your writing skills... this is the writing group for you …

Do you have a story to tell, a script to write, or poetry begging to be heard? Developing a web site? Writing a documentary? Journalist or journal-er? Do you need help getting it out of your head and down on paper or through your keyboard? Then come join us! All writing is welcome - novels, nonfiction, screenplays, stage plays, short stories, poetry, anything you can imagine. Film, print, web, audio? Welcome! National Novel Writing Month? Script Frenzy? Come right along! More info about the Roun …

You must be a member of Round Rock Writers Guild to participate in this workshop. You are welcome to come and audit a meeting whenever you want. We meet twice monthly - a Monday night and the following Saturday morning - to help each other in developing our writing using a workshop format. The prerequisite: Anyone attending a workshop day must submit a piece of their own for review and read those to be workshopped that day. We will receive the most benefit from an active discussion among all mem …

Come exercise your writing muscles! Our current book is Naming The World, edited by Bret Anthony Johnston. There are so many good exercises for group work that we will go through the book at least twice. For those who want a book to use on their own, NTW has plenty of exercises that work well for the individual developing their writing skills. Each section has favorite exercises in the writing craft from nine or more authors who both write and teach writing. Many of these are suitable for group …

We critique each others work to make it better and motivate each other to be regular in their writing efforts. Easygoing social environment  where we share ideas and experiences with each other. Writing Critiques for all genres of writing and poetry. Quiet and conducive environment for exchange of ideas.

This is a group for writers. Bringing them together to write, critique, workshop, conference, and ultimately publish. We have a website dedicated to all things words. www.AllThingsWords.com but we want to incorporate those within Houston and driving distance to get involved in the writing process!

If you write website copy, articles for newspapers or magazines, nonfiction ebooks, or any other form of creative nonfiction, the Austin Roundtable is your group for networking and critique. We’ve all felt the stress of wanting to impress a new client, wanting to kick off a new column with a bang, or wanting to launch an eyeball-grabbing website. You’re welcome to bring along printed copies of your nonfiction work to share for instant critique or spend the networking with other writers so you ca …

Like good actors, writers that draw on their emotional experiences often create the most compelling works. This creative non-fiction group is meant for people who have written fiction in the past and want to try their hand at personal essays or others ways of putting more of themselves into their writing, or writers like me who have focused on traditional non-fiction topics such as How To articles and want to add more color to their pieces. The focus will be on the craft of creative non-fiction …

A writing group for the early birds or wannabe early birds who aspire to get some writing done in the early hours before the day everything. This is not an evaluation or critique meetup (necessarily), but just a shared commitment to starting the day with coffee, camaraderie and keystrokes. May it serve as a building block for your morning writing practice no matter what kind of writing you're doing. At this time there is one weekly meeting, Sunday morning. Saturdays and weekdays have been discus …

This is a group for people trying to finish a novel. We're going to meet Thursdays 8:30pm at the Lakeline HEB (unless a better venue presents itself).  Each attendee can submit 10 - 15 pages for other members to mark up and review for the following week's meeting. Our goal is to focus on a single work in progress from each member in order to get a better sense of the story and encourage people to move more quickly toward completing their work. We're looking for people who are determined to finis …

Serving Others Using Language, or SOUL SLAM...is a group of Austin Writers and Poets and Spoken Word performers who desire to come together and not only write and better their work as a group, but who also hope to better the world around them with their words. The group is open to people of all different backgrounds, beliefs, and levels of experience in the field of writing. Whether you love reading poetry, and merely appreciate it as an art form, or whether you are working on being published or …

We are a Groups of both aspiring and published creative novel writers who meet to share and critique our work, have classes in creative writing, and share a group library. See more at our web site: cyfairwritersguild.org

We welcome non-writers, as well! We are a group of people who express our mess of words in short, perfunctory pulses. There is no room for cliché (and hardly any for adjective) in our work. We want to be moved by others, and we hope to do the moving from time to time. We encourage writing with truth, clarity, and passion, and love it when reciting borders on Slam. Come to watch, read, share, recite, laugh, and drink (beer or coffee, depending on the time of day). Don't come to feed us rainbows. …

A circle where womyn writers of all ages, levels, and genres may practice, explore, and discuss the written & spoken-word arts and where womyn are empowered to give sound to our story and volume to our voice!

Hey guys, welcome to the new screenwriting group in town. We're in our infancy but we're gonna gear up fast. Though you see my name over there in the left hand corner, you should know this is Mario's baby. If meetup could give me a way to do it he would be titled co-organizer not assistant. This was his idea and he's the perfect guy to run it. He believes in this group and he's working hard to get it done. If you have an interest in or are currently pursuing your screenwriting career, you won't …

Austin Writers is a meant as a source of positive reinforcement and community for writers of all kinds in the Austin area. During a regular month, we have 2 meetups; one in South Austin & one in North Austin. (I am in the process of expanding that to 4 meetups a month.) These will be discussion based where people bring examples of their current writing for sharing (read silently) and to spark discussion. The goal is simply to help foster a community of writers in Austin, and provide continuity …

Hi there.  Welcome to Weird Austin Writers.  If you’re a writer but your goal is to be an author...this is your place.  Whatever a writer writes is art from the mind.  We're a talented group who like getting and giving feedback for manuscripts. This group is all about helping writers write better and get published. This Group will be doing: 2 Read, Workshop, and Chat meetups per month 1 Brainstorming session to get feedback on pre-manuscript ideas 1 Book Review session, where you talk about b …

Scriptwriters/Houston is the "place to be" for playwrights of all walks of life! This is awesome group for anyone interested in developing their skill in the field of playwriting and networking with other playwrights within the Greater Houston area. Each month Scriptwriters/Houston presents new and exciting activities that inspire growth and development for you, the aspiring playwright. This year is packed with amazing things: Workshops, Readings, Group outings to various theaters, Submission an …

Inspire the world and be Inspired We believe we can inspire the world and give while we're at it. We’ll do this through the sharing of extraordinary stories on a blog. Sponsors will help us give to causes. We’ll also learn how to build a website, do Search Engine Optimization, and use Social Media. While these are attractive byproducts, the ultimate fulfillment will come from living with the spirit of generosity. We will build the blog together We'll build a well designed blog appealing to any …

Once a month we gather for a low-pressure chance to socialize with other folks interested in writing science fiction, fantasy or horror. Topics tend to range from "why I'm here at this group and what I like to write" through specific questions about writing process and problems to discussions of sf/f/h works and debates on ideas of general interest relative to writing sf/f/h. We post an optional writing exercise, and if there are takers, we read and comment on their work. Occasionally we hold ha …

We have been in the Houston area since the 1980's. After a hurricane damage our building we quit having meetings for a while. Now we are back with a fervor. We have Monthly meetings on friday nights. We have local and other speakers and discuss the Phenomena. EVERYONE IS WELCOME! President Derrel Sims R.H.A., CM.Ht (click here: to go to www.OperationAlienDNA.com, www.AlienHunter.org or www.TheHouseDetective.us) Vice President: Josette Mieuzet (Ms. Josette is responsible for getting o …