About us
FIRST DRAFT ✍️
Two hours for your dream.
A new kind of writing meetup in Berlin — for people who actually want to finish what they’re writing.
You’ve wanted to write a book.
Maybe you’ve started. Maybe you’ve stopped. Maybe you have 47 pages sitting in a document you’ve been avoiding for months.
This is your sign to start again.
First Draft is a free writing group and writers community in Berlin combining focused writing time with something most writing meetups don’t offer:
Real project management + real accountability + real support.
Because a book isn’t just a creative idea.
It’s a creative project.
You need a plan. Milestones. Time. Accountability. Someone to brainstorm with when you get stuck.
That’s what we’re building.
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✍️ THE FIRST DRAFT METHOD
15:00 — Arrive & settle in
15:10–16:00 — 50-minute focused writing sprint ⏳
16:00–16:10 — Break 💃
16:10–17:00 — 50-minute focused writing sprint ⏳
17:00–17:10 — Break 💃
17:10–18:00 — Final 50-minute writing sprint ⏳
18:00–18:40 — Community & support 📚
The first 150 minutes are yours.
No networking. No forced introductions. No distractions. Just writing.
Then we open the floor.
Talk about your project. Brainstorm an idea. Share a creative block. Find an accountability partner. Read a page. Ask for feedback.
Or simply listen.
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🧠 AND THIS IS WHERE WE’RE DIFFERENT
I’ll help you think about your writing like a project manager thinks about a creative product.
We’ll explore practical ways to:
- Plan your book
- Break it into achievable milestones
- Manage your writing time
- Track your progress
- Build accountability
- Organize research and ideas
- Use Notion to manage your writing project
- Think beyond the first draft — editing, pitching and eventually approaching literary agents
You don’t just come here to write.
You come here to learn how to keep going.
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WHO IS THIS FOR?
You don’t need to be a published author.
You don’t even need to call yourself a writer.
Come if you’re:
- Writing your first book
- Working on a novel, memoir, poetry, screenplay or other creative project
- A full-time professional writing on the side
- A student with a story you’ve been postponing
- Someone with an unfinished manuscript
- Someone who simply needs a reason to finally start
You bring the dream. We’ll help you build the structure.
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‼️ FIRST DRAFT IS A LIMITED SEASON ‼️
September 2026 → February 2027
We’re starting small and building this community intentionally.
The goal isn’t to fill a room with strangers.
It’s to build a room where people know each other, come back, and actually make progress.
If you’ve been waiting for the right time to write your book:
This is it.
Your book won’t write itself.
Two hours for your dream.
Show up.
Write.
Don’t do it alone.
Free. English-speaking. Berlin. Every Saturday.
Come write with us. ✍️
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