find a writer's group in Seattle

I’m looking for other poets in Washington state. I’d like to find or form a group of writers who can get together and share their poetry. Writing is essential to developing a society and culture, poets are the one’s who slip into people’s hearts and move their lives. Poetry, as an art, is not recognized in mass and it takes a truely great poet to make a name. This is foolish. Poets have something to offer the world no one else can, we open the world up to people so they can carve their own path in life and we bring the world together by showing that they ARENT ALONE. All writers do this, not just poets. So if I can find a group where any form of writing is accepted I would gladly join that, and I may just start my own group for writers in general. If your interested in finding/starting a group with me, or already know of one I/we can join, let me know asap. 13 months ago

الحكم علي قضية المسجد البابري في ضوء التاريخ
عدم الإحترام بالحقائق التاريخيةومحاولة التغيير مع المعتقدات الدينية
أيها القراء الأعزاء!
إليكم بعض الملاحظات التي ناولتها مؤرخة شهيرة للهند روميلا تها بر من مواليد 1931م حول حكم المحكمة العالية علي قضية المسجد البابري نشره الجريدة The Hindu في اليوم الثاني من شهر أكتوبر وهي من أشهر الجرائد الإنجليزية في الهند.وللكاتبة اختصاص في تاريخ الهند القديمة. وقام بترجمته من الإنجليزية إلي العربية أحسن جاويد أحدالطلاب في جامعة جواهرلال نهرو.

فاالمؤرخة تقول “الحكم حكم سياسي ,ويدل علي حكم كان قضي عليه من الولاية قبل أعوام. فالهدف إلي امتلاك الأراضي وبناء المعبد الجديد علي حطام المسجد البابري ,والمشكلة كانت محاطة بسياسة اليوم والهويات الدينية غير أن قيل إنها تبني علي شهادات تاريخية. وطرق باب المحكمة نظرا إلي هذاالجانب ولكن ألقي في الناحية.

وجاءت تصريحات واضحة من المحكمةالعالية أن هناك مكانا خاصا ولد به شخص إلهي أوشبه ذلك فيبني معبد جديد احتفالابذكري الولادة. فهو ردمن المحكمة علي استفتاء الهندوس ولايتوقع أحد من المحكمة أنها تحكم القضية نظرالعدم وجود الشهادة في مثل هذا الحكم .ولاشك أن الهندوس يحترمون راما للغاية اعتبارابأنه إله ولكن هل يكون ذلك دليلا علي حكم قانوني لمكان الولادة ,وامتلاك الأراضي ,وانهدام أحد أكبر الأثر التاريخي تمهيدا للوصول إلي اغتصاب الأرض؟

فالحكم يدعي أن هناك كان معبد في القرن الثاني عشر الميلادي وبني المسجد علي مكانه بعد انهدامه .ولذلك بناء المعبد وفقا للقانون.

وأماالتنقيب لمصلحة المسح والإشراف علي الآثارالهند ية.  فتم القبول عليه بدون نزاع وإن كان اختلف بشدة من قبل رجال الآثار القديمة, ورجال التاريخ الآخرين .والأمر كان للخبراء المهنيين الذي شهد آراء مختلفة ولكن الموافقة علي قبوله بإطلاق وبطريق عادئ يقلل الإعتماد و التوثيق علي الحكم.

وقال أحد القضاة إنه لايتعمق في الحقائق التاريخية بأنه ليس رجلاتاريخيا ولكن لم يزل أن يقول إن التاريخ وعلم الآثار لايستوجبان أن يكونا أمرارئيسيا للحكم علي هذه القضية ,ومع ذلك تعتمد القضية علي ناحية تاريخية لهذا الإدعاء والهيكل التاريخي لألف عام

لقد بني مسجد قبل ٥٠٠ عام وكان جزءا كبيرا لتراثنا الثقافي ولكن دمره حشد من الناس بعناد حثه القيادة السياسية ,   ولكن ليس من المذكورفي خلاصة الحكم أن التدمير كان ضد تراثنا . فالواجب علينا الإدانة بالحكم . والمعبد الجديد يحمل قداسته في مكان-المكان المفترض لإله راما- حيث اجتمع حطام المسجد البابري , حيث أدين تدمير المعبد المفترض وصار تبريرا لبناء المعبد الجديد . وما أدين تدمير المسجد البابري وأخرجت هويته عن هذه القضية بسهولة.

هل سبق ذلك من قبل؟
فالحكم أتي بنظير في محكمة القانون أن الأراضي يقوم عليها ادعاء اعتبارا إياه مكان الولادة لشخص إلهي أوشبه ذلك , والعبادة كانت تقام عليها في زمن ما من قبل مجموعة تعرف نفسها كمجتمع خاص.والآن سيكون عديد من الأمكنة باسم المكان للولادة حيثما توجد الأراضي الملائة , أويصنع النزاع اللازم , وإذا ما أدين التدمير المدبر للأثر التاريخي فمن يمنعهم من تدمير الآثار الأخري ؟ وأماالتشريع ضد تغيير المعيار لمكان العبادة في عام ١٩٩٣م كما رأيناه في الأيام  الماضية فقد تأثيره البتة.

وفي التأريخ وقع ما وقع لايعتريه التغيير , ولكن نتعلم ما حدث في سياق التاريخ الكامل ونحاول أن نصل إلي شهادة يمكن الاعتماد عليها .لانقدر علي أي تغيير في الماضي تبريرا لسياسة اليوم , فالحكم ألغي الحقائق التاريخية وحاول أن يحل المعتقدات والإيمانيات محلها. وأما التسوية فلا تتأتي إلا بالاعتماد علي أن القانون في هذه البلاد يعتمد علي الحقائق لا علي المعتقدات والأديان".

AHSAN JAVED

Are there any local writing groups? I live in Burien and I am available any week night.
I am an aspiring freelancer that is in desperate need of talking with other people who know what I am talking about. Unfortunately I don’t have anyone in my life that cares about what I do, and would really like to have people read my work and give me feedback. 2 years ago

Is anyone interested in joining a writing group in Seattle that starts meeting around the first of October?

I am open to joining a fiction group, though I am currently in the middle of drafting a speculative fiction (aka fantasy) novel. I find that it is almost better to have writers from other genres read my work, because he/she will bring a fresh perspective on the piece.

I would be greatly interested in joining a group of other writers doing novel length pieces (no matter the genre – I am comfortable with almost any content) and who are serious about completing the book and work towards bettering their craft.

Thank you! 2 years ago

Hi,
I am looking for a fiction writing group for motivation, support and publishing ideas. I can’t meet on Thursday evenings…any other time is fine. 3 years ago

Hey, I’m planning on moving to Seattle soon and want to find a writer’s group. I’m in my twenties. Any suggestions? 3 years ago

-first meeting on 2/28-check out this link:

http://writers.meetup.com/894/

It’s for writers striving toward finishing longer prose pieces.

Check out the link & let me know what you think!

Jim 4 years ago

i live in seattle and im a prose writer. im working full time as a preschool teacher and i would love to find other writers who want to meet once a week in the evenings to read/comment on/help push each other to write more/help each other get published. anyone out there? 4 years ago

So, I need a writers’ group. Desperately. Writing fiction is very important to me, but I can’t seem to concentrate on it the way I used to. The friends and acquaintances I had in college with whom I worked and collaborated and who basically forced me to work harder and actually write are dispersed across the country, and I’ve never made connections with similar minded people here in Seattle. Any advice? If I had to compare my style and subject and basically provide some comparison to the sort of writing I like doing, I would name people like Douglas Coupland or Benjamin Kunkel. 4 years ago

I used to thrive in a community of writers when I was a college English professor and I was surrounded by peers (colleagues, students, and writer friends), but that was a long time ago on the other side of the country, and I’ve decided that the social and professional obligations life presents really prevent me from getting what I want out of an artificially constructed “writing community.” Maybe one of these days I’ll stumble back into a group of fellow writers and spend time sharing with them, but it’s no longer somthing I feel I need to make my life complete. 5 years ago

Hi, fellow Seattleites!

I’m internationally-ignored writer Sky Callahan, a scribbler of both fiction and creative nonfiction, currently at work on a novel and several short stories, and I’m damned enthusiastic about the idea of cobbling together a good writers group somewhere in our fair city or its environs.

I’m a member of the Richard Hugo House, and sometimes attend a writer’s group there—Mélange on Mondays, occurring on the first Monday of each month—but my schedule forces me to miss many of those meetings and I’d like to help establish a backup—populated, I hope, by other writers willing to offer critiques and present their own work for my illumination.

My email address is: sky.callahan@linuxmail.org. Please feel free to contact me at any time. 5 years ago

I belonged to a writers group years ago and I really produced my best work during that time. The group disbanded because 2 of them moved away (it was a group of 4).

I would really like to get together with another writing group, it really worked well for me.

Let me know if you’re interested. If we can’t find a group to join, maybe we can just make our own. 5 years ago

I get motivated to write every November when National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) comes around. This year, I want to meet with other writers who are grinding out 50,000 words in 30 days, maybe have a moaning session, a cup of coffee, and another 1000 words. If you don’t know about NaNoWriMo, check out nanowrimo.org. 6 years ago

I find that when I’m in a writing group, I produce more. It is like being in school and having a deadline for an assignment. I also like to have other writers to bounce my work off of. I’d like to kickstart my novel (again) and finish it this time. I’m interested in meeting weekly or biweekly if others are game. 6 years ago

I’m willing to change my vote if you can show any benefits. I went from programmer to writer one day. After a couple years I’ll go back to coding. Note, I’m a writer, not a copy editor (ie, I kan’t spel or tell you grammar rules.) 6 years ago

It’s not in Seattle. And it hasn’t met yet. Will start in a week or two.

We’ll see how it goes. I’m excited! 6 years ago

I’ve been involved in in-person writer’s goups and it was one experience. The main thing for this writer’s group is to work on your work and get published. We do assignments to keep you working, and to work on the bones of being a working writer. My goal for this group is for everyone to eventually have finished product to seek an agent or publisher. Many writers don’t have the confidence or experience to get published, and this goup’s aim is to demystify the experience until the work is eventually accepted somewhere. Having other writers submitting queries etc the same time you are gives us all other points of views to look at on the responses and support each other despite any rejections. This writer’s group is going to take the publishing world by storm I hope! So far we have some good potential writers. 6 years ago

Writing groups never worked well for me. What I needed was effective feedback, not encouragement. Closest I’d seen to a useful writing group was the Melange on Mondays up at the Hugo House. Or some of the small private classes offered around town by certain published writers, tho they can be picky about who they accept. 6 years ago

I am looking to create an online writer’s group for those too busy to meet in person but want to get some critiquing of their writing. I’m trying to work out the bare bones of it, been looking online and so far haven’t found what I’m looking for. The group has to be composed of people who want to write, and want to help others, but can separate themselves from arrogance for the time devoted to the group. It doesn’t matter if you’re starting out or have been writing for years like me. The main goal of the group is to help each member reach their full potential by weekly assignments and discussions. I’ve taken classes and been involved with writer’s groups where people are smug and sarcastic and it only left the other members of the group feeling worthless. If you think you’re capable of reading and giving constructive criticism to help people on their writing journey as well as yourself then I think you’d be great. We’ll work on finding writing opportunities then support each other by helping each other to prepare submissions or queries. My goal is to eventually get a website up and running where we can post our work weekly so that the general public can give their “2 cents worth.” Theoretically we’ll all grow in our comfort in doing what successful writers do to get exposed and published! So if you like to:

1. Practice writing creatively
2. Learn to give and take criticism
3. Practice preparing Queries, submissions
4. Develop your writing sea legs in a Ocean of “wannabees”
5. Help start a “Writer’s Studio” much like the actor’s studio
6. Become a best-selling author!

Let’s connect! 6 years ago

Maybe a writing group would help. Any advice out there? Any invitations? 6 years ago

I’m working on starting a writing group. We’ve got 3 people so far. If anyone’s interested, send me mail: writing – at – artisticwhim.com 7 years ago

I took a poetry workshop at the UW Experimental College. Met a woman there who was starting a group and invited me. :)

It’s been great! We’ve been meeting for over a year now. There’s six of us, all women. I’ve been going to lots more readings and poetry events and made some connections in the Seattle writing community. And of course, it keeps me writing. 7 years ago

I thought about taking a writing class in the evenings at the U, but don’t know how that would turn out. 7 years ago