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π“‚ƒβœοΈ What are your writing resolutions for 2026? What do you want to achieve with the help of this community? Join and share! π“‚ƒβœοΈ

Hello, Jakarta Creative! Are you a member of Jakarta Friends yet?
Want to see pictures of past events? Take a look here! And feel free to upload a few pictures you might take at the event 😊

JakCre and JakFri is the biggest, oldest, most active, and most inclusive MeetUp community in Jakarta… and we invite you to join us for this WRITERS' ROUNDTABLE! π“‚ƒβœοΈ

Everyone is always welcome to join our events. Our community is all about creating authentic in-person connections in this urban jungle. Come as you are... it’s the best version of yourself.

ABOUT THE EVENT

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." Chinese proverb.

If you are new to this community...
If you are just thinking about picking up pen and paper...
If you are a seasoned writer...
Or if wish to start again with your once-blooming writing routine...

This event is exactly for you! Let's connect and informally share our plans, propositions, ambitions, and needs to achieve our best possible writing results in 2026!

Come with specific goals to share, specific questions to ask, or just to get inspired by fellow writers. We do not judge each other and measure others' success against ours, but seek inspiration and ways to help and elevate each other.

Feel free to share your past successes and failures, and use them to inform (us) on how the year ahead should look like for your writing.

Specifically, I invite you to share your feedback on what a Meetup community like this can do to help you as a writer. This will help create even more, even better events for 2026 which I plan to do with the new group "How to Become a Writer" There will still be writing events on Jakarta Creatives, of course.

We have organised plenty of events for writers before! You can see a few past events here:

ABOUT THE VENUE

Unfinished coffeeshop is a lovely a cafΓ© with an open space and view on the greenery. It's a new cafΓ© with an industrial vibe and strategically located in the middle of Jakarta. There's both smoking and non-smoking areas.

  • Let's meet directly there. There will be tables prepared for us and a MeetUp sign on a table to find us
  • Here is a link to the venue for more information: https://www.instagram.com/unfnsd_jkt/
  • We encourage you to reach the event by public transportation. MRT Blok M is just 10 minutes walk!

ABOUT THE HOST

Corrado Nai has a Ph.D. in microbiology and writes mostly about science. His feature articles has been published in Smithsonian Magazine, New Scientist, Asimov Press, Small Things Considered, and many more. Currently he's writing a graphic novel about agar-agar's surprising role in science, called "The Dessert That Changed the World" which can be followed and supported on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/corradonai

HOW TO REGISTER TO THE EVENT?

To register, just click β€œAttend”! There are a few simple rules

  • We kindly ask attendees who cannot manage to join to update RSVP at least 24 h before the event as a courtesy to other attendees and event organisers.
  • Be on time! We want to start the roundtable discussion together
  • People in the waitlist cannot attend, and are encouraged to check a few hours before the event if they got a spot
  • Repeated no-show (3X) without updating RSVP will be removed from the group
  • Cancellation a few hours before the event unless for force majeur is unfriendly towards organisers, venue, and other attendees and counts as no-show!
  • Come alone or bring a +1!
  • People who brings a guest need to make sure that the +1 understands and agrees to our community rules of respect and inclusivity

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation!

WE HAVE A MEMBERSHIP FEE. HOW DOES IT WORK?

/// This event is for free for everyone! ///

In the past 3 years we have organised up to 2-3 events per week (browse past event of JakFri here and of JakCre here). That is, with your membership you can attend up to 5-10 events! We guarantee to keep organising plenty of events. You will receive a full refund if the group closes down, or if there’s no event happening in three months.

THE RULES OF OUR COMMUNITY

Our communities are:

Members often participate in events of both groups. Over the past two years, we held over 250 events with over 2,000 attendees.
Attendees rate our events very positively and give wonderful feedback, with an average of 4.8⭐ (out of 5⭐) afrom over 500 reviews (take a look at our reviews here!)

We value diversity, inclusivity, respect, and authenticity. We do not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kinds.

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