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 …

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 …

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. …

Real Writers is called Academic because it is designed to be like a workshop you would take at a big university, where the instructor would take seriously the fundamentals of literary techniques and straightforward criticism about member writing in order to understand those techniques. Real Writers is a literary workshop in which substantial literary ideas are developed in order to facilitate 'real' writing both in the form of literature and in related media. Any writer or artist could potential …

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 …

Having trouble finishing your manuscript? Starting a term paper? Writing a long overdue love letter? Then this is the group for you! The Sit Down, Shut Up, and Write! Meetup is exactly what it sounds like: a venue for writers to start, continue, or finish written works. The Format: The "Sit Down" part: The first thirty minutes is reserved for introductions, chit-chat, purchasing food and drink, skimming writing books, exchanging ideas, yoga postures, Gregorian chants, or whatever gets you psyche …

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 …

Meet kindred book lovers in a local Meetup Book Club! Fiction or non-fiction, paperback or hardcover, you'll read a new book every 2nd Wednesday of the month. Come to laugh, share stories and make new friends!

If you are a woman who wants to write, who does write, who did write and wants to again, who has only wished you could write, you now have a group of like-minded ladies. You will be ready to give and get feedback with the feminine viewpoint from women who understand the issues important to women, who can give encouragement and support and who empathize with the practice of writing by and for women. Whatever your reasons for writing--for publication, for memoir writing, for self discovery, to lea …

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 …

I just moved to Round Rock/Austin and left all of my girlfriends and my book club behind in Columbia, Missouri. So, I wanted to start a new book club here. We'll meet once a month or once every six weeks for dinner or potluck and discuss a favorite bestseller, classic, or non-fiction book. This is a great way to have some "girl time" once in a while. I hope this will be a place to meet new friends and share a few laughs. 8/29/10- 12/15/2011-  My husband and I are going to live abroad for sever …

We meet to discuss nonfiction books in a wide variety of genres--science, history, memoir, politics, and beyond! Members can suggest books at any time and we'll vote on three options a month before each meeting. Currently the club meets on the last Wednesday of every month, but if there's a consensus around another time we can make a change. The location varies from meeting to meeting and venue ideas are always welcome! Books we've previously read: June 2013 - "There's a Word for It: The Explos …