4 Meetup Groups match “Novel writing” near Ogden, UT
We are a group of peeps in Provo, UT who meet together to form writing groups for purposes of participating in the 2013 online Brandon Sanderson Science Fiction and Fantasy Creative Writing class. We write. We critique. We lay waste.
Utah Comic Book Writers was created by Holly Guile and Mike Kimball in order to get help and insight in their own creative endeavors and to help like-minded people. There aren't any comic book writing groups or workshops locally or available online for a reasonable price. Mike and I wanted to get one going to educate ourselves in comic book creation from the writer's standpoint. A common misconception about comic book creating is that the writers have less responsibility, since the final product …
“In 1816 Mary and Percy Bysshe Shelley visited Lord Byron at his villa in Switzerland. Among other subjects, the conversation turned to the feasibility of returning a corpse or assembled body parts to life. Sitting around a log fire at Byron's villa, the company also amused themselves by reading German ghost stories, prompting Byron to suggest they each write their own supernatural tale. Mary Shelley conceived the idea for Frankenstein and Lord Byron managed to write a short fragment based on va …
Talking, being listened to, and listening are states of being on which intelligent people thrive. Over a meal and maybe a glass of wine, things get even better. Today I read Roger Ebert's essay "I do not fear death", finished about a third of Stephen King's memoir "On Writing" and continued to ponder my most recent read "Tom's River" and thought how much fun it would to get together a group of thinkers and talkers (and listeners of course) because after all communication clarifies thought.
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