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9 Meetup Groups match “Writers and Readers” near Van Nuys, CA
This is a group for people who play with words. We are theNewerYork Press, a magazine of experimental literature and a group of literary-inclined folk who throw "literary carnivals" and workshops. Our event, "theCarny," is hosted on the West and East side of LA. It is part performance, part open mic, part workshop, and part literary playtime. We invite writers, actors, readers, and anybodies to meet and perform rehearsed pieces from our print magazine, read unheard pieces, play word games, make …
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This is a workshop for aspiring fiction writers to critique one anothers work in a friendly, supportive environment. Members submit a chapter or story every other week, and we critique two to three submissions each week. We are a small, tight-knit group that have been meeting for nearly two years, and we're looking for some new blood to replace some recently departed members. Here are some important things to consider before you apply: 1) We meet every Thursday evening for about an hour and a ha …
The purpose of this group is to read Marcel Proust's masterpiece: In Search of Lost Time [nee Remembrance of Things Past] from cover to cover together. We will meet regularly to discuss the portion we are all reading. We may have celebrity Proustian guest speakers come to meetings. We will celebrate our achievement with a special event! A sub-set of newly veteran Proust readers are branching off in 2013 to read James Joyce's Ulysses. As an assist in our appreciation of the novel, we will meet in …
Take 2 hours and shorten your learning curve by weeks, months, even years. A fabulous, informative, & super helpful MasterMind INKubator for scriptwriters of all levels. Led by Founder Lena Banks, Mentor, Manager & Muse. A Hollywood Pro insider, Industry Gatekeeper, expert Reader/proofreader and agent liaison for 18 years. The workshops consist of lots of Q&A and a wealth of personal help. It's where writers become GREAT writers! The GOAL: to get your script written, rep'd, and sold. The Mast …
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Do you have a taste for the mysterious and macabre? Do you aspire to have your work on the banned books list? Do you admire the works of Roald Dahl, Neil Gaiman, or Lemony Snicket? Or maybe you just prefer to sit on the edge of your seat? The Estelle Dowding Institute of Literary Peculiarities strives for the creation and preservation of strange, dark, and unusual works. The Institute primarily serves as a workshop for writers to showcase and critique each other’s work in a friendly and non-judg …
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This Group is primarily made up of screenwriters who have recieved coaching and explored 'The Visual Mindscape of the Screenplay" with Bill Boyle and are interested in continuing to work with like minded writers. The group is also open to a limited number of interested guests at each meeting. The various topics of discussion will include the visual mindscape, story ideas, plot lines, dialogue, narrative pacing, character development as well as legal, business and marketing issues that are rele …
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Open to all Los Angeles area screenwriters. Ink Tank's goals are to make good scripts "great" and help writers to become better readers so they can become better writers. Our group provides helpful analysis and notes to each other's scripts and provides a positive and professional environment to those looking to break into the film industry. We are open to reading all genres of feature scripts.
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Like books? Like to talk about life, happiness, and the occasional paper-cut from books? (or bruised toe for you kindle and nook readers.) This is the group for you. We are a diverse group of race, age, and gender who have one come together for one common interest - books. Yet in exploring the stories or history together, we discover we have so much more in common as well. We don't follow one genre or one author but try to find new areas to branch into each month. We also don't break the stories …
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RSVP to get a nametag. This is important, because people without nametags aren't even really people. There, I said it. ******** HackerNest is a grassroots, nonpartisan, nonprofit movement dedicated to uniting local tech communities globally. We do this by cramming lots of very smart people into a room and providing free beer - rescuing them from the isolation of basements, offices, and the plight of code tunnel vision. Our friendly, relaxed, and inclusive Tech Socials provide a casual, unpreten …
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