This group is the Austin branch of CBWLA (Children's Book Writers of Los Angeles.) We are genre writers that take writing for youth seriously with the goal of publication. If you are serious about getting published and work hard on your young adult, middle grade or children's genre craft, this group is for you.

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 psyc …

The purpose of this group is to join together, and through own talents, assets, desires and intentions, make a feature length motion picture, get it into distribution, and share in the profits according to our contributions.

Come and join Austin's newest Writers' Network as we build the foundation of a great new club! Have a project you are preparing to pitch? Test it on us! We're writing movies as well. Planning on making a film? Tell us about it! We're forming an Austin Registry for local projects, so all creative types are welcome. (Future meetings will be held weekly/monthly with times subject to change. CONTACT:moonheartproductions@gmail.com

ATTENTION WRITERS: No Meetups will be scheduled this summer. We will resume in the fall.   Each month we read and discuss a book devoted to the craft of writing.  "Do I have to read the book?"   Although technically not required, it is preferred. Although the discussion can move off onto tangents, the focus will be primarily on the contents of the book.  However,  if you do not have time to read the entire book, reading SOME of it is perfectly acceptable. Even digesting a few o …

(We're not really grumpy.  We just need our coffee) 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 eats 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 me …

  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 …

We are a committed group of writers that meet every Tuesday and Thrusday for 4-5 hours. We meet at a local coffee shop, share our work and do critiques. Primarily the group will be focused on creative writing (fiction). The main quality we seek - honest (no kiss ass) in depth critiques. Bring up to five pages (12 pt double spaced) and enough copies for everyone attending. New members can't submit the first time, but have to give critiques. New members can only come to the Thrusdays meetings. (Ri …