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 …

New York, LA, London, France, San Francisco and Vancouver all have meetups for transmedia storytellers, including some of the most innovative figures in the industry. Let's add Seattle to that mix. This group is for anyone, be they curious media makers, practiced transmedia creators, documentary film producers, new media makers, web designer/developers, screenwriters, novelists, actors, and beyond. Transmedia is about collaboration, and media ideas meant to transcends borders. If we're lucky, by …

… We also have novelists, screenwriters, playwrights, translators, film-makers, painters, and other artistic types who simply enjoy the company. Everyone's welcome, poets and non-poets alike. Bring your spouse. Bring your best friend. Hell, bring your therapist. Peruse the bios of a few of our regulars here: http://www.seattlepoet.com/SPA I also try to maintain an announcements blog (poetry events, calls for submissions, etc.): http://seattlepoet.blogspot.com/

I'm relatively new to Seattle and I would like to start up a group that collaborates and produces short films on a regular basis. More than just a networking or discussion group, I would like this to be an active group that produces work consistently. We share scripts and story ideas, vote on one to produce, and we do it. We pool our resources and we make movies - hopefully every other month. We can submit these movies to festivals or just screen them for ourselves for critique and discussion.