Fiction writers and poets from the Bay area give an hour or so of their time once or twice a month to help others in dire need. We work with local charities and volunteer organizations, and in exchange, WHO provides time and resources to discuss creative writing, poetry, novel writing, and getting published in today's market. We also arrange social meets, group readings, meetings with agents and professionals, and brainstorm novel ways to raise money for charity. We also intend to publish a BEST …

We write, we love, we hurt, we heal and begin again. We are Bohemians in the truest sense of the words and write only to forget. We are primal deviants who made pure by the certainty of our transgressions, Saints who would be whores but cannot afford the dues. We meet, we read, we laugh, we drink, far too much and cut ourselves to shreds in search a single sentence that moves our hard hearts. Perhaps we spend too many nights alone, perhaps we are simply in need of fellow fools to soften the blow …

We are a group of writers who want to share our work, get feedback from others, and meet like-minded people. This group is created to foster and support writers of all level of experience - from novices to published superstars - in the San Francisco Bay Area. As frightening as it may be, the only way to improve your writing and gain confidence is to share your work. This biweekly group has been created to fill this need. Writers can upload their work to the site so everyone has a chance to read …

As of September 22, 2012, this meetup group is on hold. Feel free to contact me regarding further meetings or activities. A group of writers seriously interested in creating, refining and publishing fiction, non-fiction, poetry, lyrics, screenplays, etc. Meeting biweekly for mutual support, critique and developing their writing/editing skills. Each member who RSVPs and whose membership dues are current gets an allotted time for reading and critique at each meeting. Please, when you join, do not …

If you're a writer in your 20's, you know how difficult it can be to find others who are on the same page as you. Most writing meetups in San Francisco are composed of older adults, and while they're lovely folks, it's not possible to build a social group with people who are decades older. Being a young writer is a specific stage with its own difficulties, and we should face this challenge together! So let's meet up, make friends, talk craft, and most importantly, let's write.

Shut Up and Write! Meetup is a venue for writers to work in the company of other writers on a regular basis. Writing, whether approached as a profession or as an avocation, is an isolating activity. We provide this forum, writing resources and meeting times as a method of developing a community of creative people. We welcome people who are serious about ‘writing down the bones’ and are looking for the companionship of other writers. Meetup Format Making the time to write one hour per week is an …

NYTWS (Travel Writers) New York City Area Regional Meetup is an extension of New York Travel Writers Society. A professional network of travel media and hospitality professionals.  While headquartered In New York City, NYTWS is a global organization with over 1,100 world-wide members. All are welcome whether you just love to travel or want to learn how to break into the travel writing field or are already a member of NYTWS. You do NOT need to be professional travel writer to join this group. Wha …

Left Coast Theatre Company is the newest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender theater in San Francisco. We were founded in the spring of 2012 as an offshoot of GuyWriters very successful playwrights workshop program. The company aims to produce and bring to the stage entertaining, creative and original queer-themed works by local Bay Area playwrights, actors, and directors. In order to bring these talented individuals together, the company holds monthly writing workshops to help writers develo …

Let Your Creativity Sparkle & Shine with Music & Songwriting a 6-week laboratory of life-changing discoveries Tuesdays 6:30-9:15pm February 15 - March 22 Songs inspire us in many ways... to dance, to take action, to reflect, to smile, to cry, to feel enraged, joyful or transformed. Have you always wanted to express yourself in song?  Are you a writer who would like to set your words to music?  Or a musician who has always played other people's songs and now you'd like to write your own?  You …

The University of the Commons offers university-level classes in San Francisco, free of charge, for all who wish to attend. We encourage new faculty, students, and the community to participate by taking a class, proposing a class you can teach, or attending a meeting of the collective. For additional information, see UOTC.org. The commons: What we share. Creations of nature and culture that belong to all of us equally. Who are we? The University of the Commons is a collective of teachers, artist …

If you are a current Bay Area food blogger or want to be one, let's meet to discuss all aspects of the business from soup to nuts. If you are a cook, writer, photographer, programmer, designer, or recipe writer or tester -- you are an essential ingredient for a perfect food blog and you are welcome in the Bay Area Food Bloggers group. Come join us!

Talk shop, share work, tell stories, get to know others and their work, give feedback, receive feedback, get inspired, get encouraged, help someone get over a hurdle, tackle writer's block, share fears, give encouragement, share beautiful work, get stoked, see your work in a new way, meet other committed artists. Thank you all for your interest in this group. We are currently a work-in-progress and not ready to open our doors to the general public. When the time is right we will send out an anno …

Let's get together and learn/discuss all the possibilities that Adobe Photoshop can do to help you express your creative ideas and your artistic career. This meetup group/workshop will help all Artists, Photographers, creative writers, and all creative people out there to express their creative ideas in a digital age. This meetup group/workshop will be especially inspiring for Art teachers who want to implement digital Art in their curriculum. You will learn the basic Photoshop tools and go home …

We are a community of entrepreneurs, artists, architects, designers, musicians, painters, photographers, writers, and creative enthusiasts exploring creativity and the intersection of art and entrepreneurship.

Female Artists of San Francisco is a collective of women, woman-identified, and genderqueer artists and art lovers who want to have fun, inspire each other, and create in a safe and supportive environment. We are writers, poets, dancers, actors, painters, illustrators, spoken word performers, photographers, filmmakers, music producers, fashion designers, graphic designers, sculptors, directors, musicians, makers, thinkers, and art appreciators. All skill levels are welcome, as well as art-lover …

Sharing our dreams, ambitions, skills and works. All levels of interest are encouraged, from those just curious about "the arts," to amateurs and published or shown artists. We all have something to teach, a unique gift for the world, drawn from our personal life experience. This community is about learning how to - Express ourselves more completely and comfortably - Develop our craft, techniques and presentations - Support one another in being successful An open and supportive group of Cr …

This is a group focused on getting together at SF coffee shops in the morning to peer-pressure each other into staying productive on side projects. Peer-pressure is one of the best ways to build good habits (http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2012/04/whats-the-easiest-way-for-a-college-student-t/), and we're going to do just that. We'll meet around 6:45am - 7am one morning a week, and spend the first 10-15 minutes quickly introducing ourselves and our projects (writers, designers, coders, whatever). Then …

A group for: 1 Writting as startup 2 Entrepreneurs who plan to publish book

This group was created to assist bay area locals in learning more from each other. We facilitate small in person classes everyday for groups of 10-20 on all sorts of awesome subjects like  film, photography, graphic design,  cooking, business and technology subjects like programming. We will be holding classes, as well as professional networking mixers in the south bay, and soma Citizen Space locations. What is Citizen Space? We take the best elements of a coffee shop (social, energetic, creati …

Whether you're working on the next Triple-A series or weekly mobile game stories, writing for video games is a unique and challenging experience. You're faced with constant deadlines, unrealistic demands, and a need to stay flexible when environment, tools, and even entire characters change. Come meet other writers in this growing field to learn tricks of the trade, find inspiration, share struggles, and just have a good time. The goal is to meet monthly, either casually over drinks or more form …

I adore middle-schoolers: kids between the ages of 9 and 12. After years of mentoring middle and high teachers and writing non-fiction, I'm currently working on a contemporary fantasy series for middle-grade girls. What a challenge! The one thing I know for sure is that you cannot hand this special group of readers watered down young adult fiction or 'watered up' chapter books. Would you like to help me--and yourselves--craft the best middle school fiction we can?

The free Cafe la Boheme writing practice has now gone on continuously every Friday at noon since March 27, 2009. Every Friday a little before noon people gather at a table. They write short phrases on scraps of paper and fold them and put them in the center of the table. Somebody sets a timer and picks a prompt at random and reads it aloud. Everybody writes. When the timer goes off we go around the table and read aloud one by one. Nobody comments. We just read aloud. Then the next person picks a …

Join me on a 10 week journey to awaken the artist within and create the rest of your life. The Artist way is a book by Julia Cameron which helps in creating and supporting the spiritual path for artistic recovery. Each week you will tap deeper into the infinite creative energy, integrating it into your mind, body, and spirit, and harness it in your daily life. Weekly sessions include : Creative expression experiential Body awareness exercises Guided meditations and visualizations Encouragement f …

Let's get together on weekends to wander around San Francisco, sketching people and places. You don't have to be the next Paul Madonna, just someone who likes observing city life and making marks on paper. (Note that we used to be called Urban Sketchers. Same group, just a different name.)

This group is for all lesbians in their 20s. Single? Coupled? Somewhere in-between? No worries, come join us at our events or post suggest your own meetup! You can never have enough lesbians with you when you're out in the city. This group is exclusively for lesbians.

This is a meetup group for hip hop shows in the bay. I personally focus on independent/smaller shows. I frequent Slims, 330 Ritch, The Independent and New Parish over in Oakland so there will be many shows from these places. Feel free to add events for the entire area. Artists like: Zion I Doomtree Blackalicious Atmosphere (and all of the rhymesayers crew) Living Legends Hieroglyphics Check out the best calendar I've found so far: vivalahiphop.com Add shows! Let's make this for everyo …

Throughout the week the SF Free School offers free classes to anyone and everyone who wants to learn, have fun and meet new people. Classes we’ve offered have been in dance, drumming, martial arts, philosophy, dating, meditation, improv, yoga, writing - and many other topics as well. Though the mix of classes and events we hold varies over time, some weeks with many events and others with just a few, much of what we held in the past was out of a yoga and dance studio, and hence, in the past, we’ …

Transmedia SF is a network of SF Bay Area media and start-up creatives who come together to develop our own projects, to promote and educate the world about transmedia storytelling, and to make San Francisco a center for transmedia production and education. San Francisco is a natural hub for transmedia since it boasts robust creative, technical, media and education communities. Our vision is to create the creative convergence in SF and bring together media, ad and PR agencies, creative content d …