This is a group that meets to WRITE, to socialize, and to offer encouragement and inspiration to others as we practice our craft. We're focused on the process, not the product.  Writing can be a solitary activity...but it doesn't have to be. This is a group where the focus is actually on DOING the work as opposed to critiquing already finished works. I found so many groups on meetup focused on the critique, but none focused on motivating each other to get the writing done. So if you need motivat …

Calling all freelancers, students, retirees, business sorts, and paid writers! If you're looking to work on a long term writing project, but haven't found the wherewithal to stick with it, this is the writing group for you. Regardless of members' experience with writing, we're looking to build a strong base of 8-12 regular writers who'd like to develop a support system for their writing work. Whether your focus is on screenplays, chapters to build a novel, a collection of short stories/poems, or …

… Styles: Memphis, Texas, Kansas City, Carolina, you know there are at least 3 or 4 other regions around the world that are sensational too) Our main group of members are the FINGER LICKERS! (chow down, enjoy yourself - don't forget the stash of napkins) We go out wandering the city and suburbs looking for the already cooked bbq to eat and critique. The second group is Our di e-hard BBQ "Champions" We are the gang who LOVES to cook, pick-out just the perfect wood for the project at hand... and …

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This group is dedicated to an exploration of the ideas informing educational philosophy, policy-making and planning - including investigation, analysis and critique of educational design at the local, state, national and international levels. I hope to open an erudite and broad-minded conversation about the underlying purpose(s) of public education from an eclectic, multi-angled perspective (i.e., classical Western, Eastern, post-modern, traditionalist, etc.). I am interested in what are the m …

Are you a Focused. Aspiring. Belle. writing in Chicago? This group is for women looking for writing support & positive critique while working on novels, plays, & short-stories of all genres.

This is a group for those who would benefit from knowing others who are also serious about finishing their novel. The first few meet-ups will have a "Shut Up and Write" theme -- regularly scheduled 1-hour writing sessions at the coffee shop. Upwards from there. Why hasn't the first meetup happened yet? I'm waiting for enough people to naturally find their way into the group. Once that happens, I'll schedule our first gathering. My venue of choice -- Mercury Cafe in Ukrainian vill …

Serious screenwriters helping other writers with their work. We are screenwriters who meet monthly to discuss and critique our work. Interested in finding out about joining our group? Please email our organizer, and we will get back to you to discuss the group. New members should have completed at least one feature length screenplay and/or 2-3 short scripts. We look forward to hearing from you.

Songsalive! is a non profit organization supporting and promoting songwriters and composers worldwide. In Chicago IL, we have songwriting critique workshops with guest speakers the second Saturday of each month. We also have a songwriters showcase on the fourth Thursday of every other month.  www.songsalive.org/group/chicago for more details. Our official website is www.songsalive.org.

Any Chicago Bloggers are welcome. If you have been blogging and need SEO tips, if you want to blog and need encouragement. If you just need to get out and meet some other bloggers in real life. The meetings feature a big group discussion, a "show and critique" time, and then some networking and one on one time. Currently we are meeting at Columbia College Chicago because we have network availability, computers, and it is a central location. Arvan and I are looking for suggestions for other mee …

The goal is to get up enough producers where we can get together and showcase beats!! This is a chance for us to network, share idea's and techniques, and get honest critiques about our craft so we can grow! Remember the Beat Society in Philly? A lot of producers who participated in that went on to do very big things! Well this can be a similar version for Chicago Producers! I wanted to start small and use that as our model for building something similiiar in Chicago. Let's stop hoarding those …

If you like to write and want a supportive environment in which to write join us! Each week, a member volunteers to provide writing prompts to spark our creativity. It can be a first line, an object, a picture, a situation. For about 10-15 minutes we write and if we feel like sharing we read our creation aloud. This is not a critique group - only positive feedback is encouraged. We usually fit in 3-4 prompts in an evening. Member ages range from young adults to octagenarians. You do not h …

  Looking for like-minded, fun and adventurous people who love travel, or want to travel more often. Whether you are an expert traveler, or someone who has never traveled before, we invite you to join us. This group will serve the purpose of meeting new people, share stories, photographs, rate/review/critique different destinations, travel tips (or horror stories ... to learn from them), travel together as a group, or travel independently. This is a great place to meet your future travel partner …

The Evanston Writers Group is an eclectic mix of writers, ranging from beginners to long time professionals, and reflect all ages, genders and backgrounds. We have members who publish literary fiction, creative non-fiction, children's literature, romance, hard-boiled crime, memoir, travel, poetry, humor and assorted forms of the unclassifiable. Because we are fearless and a little nuts, we open our minds to anyone and any thing. We'll bend and stretch ourselves like soft licorice to dig your s …