What we’re about
We're a small online collective of queer writers, meeting up to foster a supportive writing community. NEW HOST as of March 2025!
Join us for an inspirational online, prompt-based creative writing experience specifically for queer writers. Now hosted by William M Donnelly.
Will's Writing from the Core class, now in it’s 15th year, joins forces with Meetup to help foster a safe environment for queer people who want to write. It is creative encouragement for experienced writers and non-writers alike.
Class includes a warm up/free form writing session (5 minutes); introductions; inspirational content/quotes; and time permitting 2-3 prompt-based writing sessions of 11-to15 minutes each. Format may adjust to accommodate the group's intentions and desires.
About Will Donnelly. Will is a queer writer and intuitive book coach who has led his Writing From the Core classes for over 15 years - mostly in Hawaii (Kalani Retreat Center) and New York (Omega Center).
RSVP today! Class is free.
For more information on Will, his classes and his free inspirational newsletter PROPMT, visit:
Will’s website - get acquainted
[WilliamMDonnelly.com](https://www.williammdonnelly.com)
Get info on Therapeutic Journaling
Read Testimonials for Will’s powerful classes
Sign Up for PROMPT - a free weekly inspirational boost for your writing
https://writingwithwill.kit.com/8d34150bb8
Reach out to Will with questions:
**WritingWithWill@gmail.com**
See you there!
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POP-UP Creative Writing Gathering
Tuesday, August 12, 2025. 8 pm EST.
Join us for 60 Minutes of continuous prompt-based writing.
Jumpstart your creativity and get writing!
For writers, those new to writing, and other creative, brilliant humans.
Unstuck yourself using creative prompts to get you in the flow.
CLASS IS OFFERED FOR FREE FOR THIS ONE-TIME ONLY EVENT.ABOUT WILL
Intuitive writing coach Will Donnelly has taught thousands of students in the US and Europe for the past 14 years. He creates a safe, powerful space that encourages each student to find their own voice, and speak it out loud.Let's celebrate the beauty and complexities of LGBTQ+ identities through the art of storytelling. Grab your pen and paper, or computer, and let your voice be heard in this empowering gathering of queer voices in literature.
ABOUT CLASS
60-MINUTE GATHERING INCLUDES:
Warm up writing (5-10) minutes.
Introduction & setting a safe space to speak/write.
Will's signature topical Inspiration.
LOTS of Writing:
Each 60-minute class has at least 2 (usually 3 or more) 11-minute prompt-based writing experiences (as many prompts as we can fit into the hour.)NEW: POST-CLASS OPTIONAL READING
Reading Aloud:
After class, those who wish to stay can read their writing aloud and get positive feedback from the group (ok to listen and not read). This is completely optional and usually the best part of class.Class Zoom Link: (Bring a Friend!)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84827308892?pwd=Smf46YSl8rTUUrIb3uTDZ6x3YFqPMa.1WHY WE WRITE
From James Baldwin:
The bottom line is this: You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can’t, but also knowing that literature is indispensable to the world. In some way, your aspirations and concern for a single man in fact do begin to change the world. The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way a person looks or people look at reality, then you can change it.
