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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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