Writers Inc.

We are starting a writers’ group for people who are serious about writing and willing to put the necessary effort and work into developing their writing skills.  This group is designed for writers of all types: poetry, a love letter, jokes, a technical manual, children stories, short stories, screenplays, novels, even a dictionary if you wish.

If you can think it and pen it, then it’s up to you to make it worth reading.

Writers Inc. is not just a writing group, it is an opportunity to develop friendships, build self-confidence, develop better writing skills and hopefully, help to make us all better writers and people in general.

Through dedicated commitment and following a structured format with a group of likeminded people, we can inspire each other, share in mutual learning and growth, develop better writing habits, push/encourage each other to actual finish our projects and most importantly - have fun doing it.

If you are familiar with the series, “The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron, you will recognize many similarities in the format we have decided to use for our group. The group is designed to give everyone involved the opportunity to work together with eleven likeminded, creative people. The group format will enable all of us to share/work with one another either through meetings and/or by emails. So don’t worry if you cannot make every meeting. But, we do expect everyone to attend most meetings - if you are truly serious about developing your writing skills and willing to help your fellow writers develop their skills.

The group format:

1 – No more than 12 serious members.

2 – We meet weekly or biweekly, whichever is most convenient for everyone.

3 – We will meet either Monday or Tuesday nights, starting at 6:30 - 7 PM.  (Alternative nights  

     and/or times if necessary)

4 – Meetings last at least two hours in length. (Permitting time for readings and discussions.)

5 – Group meets in Newton, (Waban Stop off the MBTA Green Line, private, spacious location,

      comfortable chairs, bathrooms and fresh brewed coffee/tea.)

6 – A short writing assignments will be required for each meeting. Assignments will be 1 to 2         

      pages in length. They will be read aloud by the writers and followed by an open discussion.

7 – At each meeting, we openly discuss and critique 2 to 3 members’ current projects.

      (Writers wishing to have their work reviewed, will email copies of their work to all

       group members at least 3 days before scheduled meetings. All members will print the  

       material and review it - making comments, suggestions, changes and corrections on the

       pages and share their reviews either at the meetings, or by emails, with the author.)

8 – If you are unable to attend a meeting, you will still be required to email your

       suggestions, opinions, changes and corrections to the writers being discussed for

       that meeting.

9 – We work with fellow members between meetings, (whenever necessary), through           

       electronic communication.

10 – The meetings are “FREE”- no costs to anyone and no soliciting of any kind.

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