Online Writers’ Support and Accountability Group
Jump-start your writing practice in the new year!
Join us for 8 weeks of connection focused on goal-setting, accountability, and community. This group is for you if you have a writing project you want to make significant progress on, at any stage of development (compelling idea through umpteenth draft), in any genre (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, etc.) and any length, whether you're on a path to publication or creating for other reasons. Facilitated by two professional editors and writing coaches, meetings will emphasize progress, challenges, effective goals, and resources to help you keep moving!
Schedule: Weekly on Mondays, January 6 to February 24, 2025
7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Central (Convert to your local time here.)
Note that the group will meet on Martin Luther King Jr. Day (January 20) and Presidents’ Day (February 17).
Cost: $200
Group size: Maximum of 10 participants, minimum of 5.
Format: Each meeting (hosted on Zoom) will include time for participants to reflect on their writing practice, report on their progress during the previous week, and set goals for the week to come. Brief timed writing exercises will encourage participants to identify their writing strengths and challenges as well as to articulate concrete goals. Group members will help hold each other accountable from week to week on progress toward their individual goals. The facilitators will offer guidance, resources, and tips for creating a sustainable writing practice, customized to the participants’ interests and needs—as well as cheerleading and encouragement as you make progress over these two months!
Note that this is not a workshopping group; participants will not be sharing their work.
Zoom meetings will not be recorded.
Any questions? Have accessibility needs to discuss, or other ways we might be able to help? Please email Beth.
Schedule: Weekly on Mondays, January 6 to February 24, 2025
7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Central (Convert to your local time here.)
Note that the group will meet on Martin Luther King Jr. Day (January 20) and Presidents’ Day (February 17).
Cost: $200
Group size: Maximum of 10 participants, minimum of 5.
Format: Each meeting (hosted on Zoom) will include time for participants to reflect on their writing practice, report on their progress during the previous week, and set goals for the week to come. Brief timed writing exercises will encourage participants to identify their writing strengths and challenges as well as to articulate concrete goals. Group members will help hold each other accountable from week to week on progress toward their individual goals. The facilitators will offer guidance, resources, and tips for creating a sustainable writing practice, customized to the participants’ interests and needs—as well as cheerleading and encouragement as you make progress over these two months!
Note that this is not a workshopping group; participants will not be sharing their work.
Zoom meetings will not be recorded.
Any questions? Have accessibility needs to discuss, or other ways we might be able to help? Please email Beth.
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To register: Fill out this form. Registration is open now and runs until December 30, 2024.
Payment: Once we have reached minimum registration, we will contact participants with a payment link. You'll receive an email invoice from Stripe and can then pay online using a credit card or bank transfer. Payment in full is due at that time.
Cancellation policy: If you cancel by January 15, you will be refunded 75% of the fee. No refunds will be given after January 15. (In the extremely unlikely event that the facilitators have to cancel the group or individual sessions, we will of course issue refunds proportionate to missed meeting time.)
Code of Conduct: The facilitators will ask the group to commit to a set of basic ground rules, including respecting others’ identities, experiences, and privacy; refraining from using derogatory or discriminatory language; being accountable for their behavior toward others; and contributing to an inclusive, welcoming environment that encourages everyone to be their authentic selves. The co-facilitators reserve the right to remove any participant who does not adhere to the group’s code of conduct.
Payment: Once we have reached minimum registration, we will contact participants with a payment link. You'll receive an email invoice from Stripe and can then pay online using a credit card or bank transfer. Payment in full is due at that time.
Cancellation policy: If you cancel by January 15, you will be refunded 75% of the fee. No refunds will be given after January 15. (In the extremely unlikely event that the facilitators have to cancel the group or individual sessions, we will of course issue refunds proportionate to missed meeting time.)
Code of Conduct: The facilitators will ask the group to commit to a set of basic ground rules, including respecting others’ identities, experiences, and privacy; refraining from using derogatory or discriminatory language; being accountable for their behavior toward others; and contributing to an inclusive, welcoming environment that encourages everyone to be their authentic selves. The co-facilitators reserve the right to remove any participant who does not adhere to the group’s code of conduct.
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Beth Wright is an editor and writing coach with more than twenty-five years of experience in book publishing. She specializes in memoir and creative nonfiction but has worked in a range of genres, from historical biography to middle grade mystery. She loves helping writers develop more confidence and find joy in their writing practice. She’s also an avid women’s basketball and hockey fan, theatergoer, and cat lover.
You can learn lots more about Beth here. 
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Eliot West is an editor and educator with a specialty in inclusive language and storytelling, a background in literary scholarship, and a big love for romance fiction. After decades of professional experience with stories, Eliot knows their way around narrative techniques, the writing process, and writers' pain points. They’re also an avid gardener, knitter, and corgi enthusiast!
You can learn lots more about Eliot here. 
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