Let’s try: Atlanta Writers Club
Every mad scientist needs a lab right?
The Atlanta Writers Club appears to be full of writers from every genre and experience level who encourage, inspire, critique, and empower one another. There is one specific reason I want to explore what this club has to offer.
If you’ve ever felt like you have too many ideas and not enough ______, then hear me out.
Writing can become a strangely isolating sport while you’re in the flow of things. It’s only when I snap out of the trance and look up from my writing that I realize: (1) no one else was present in my mind to experience the full force of that moment, and (2) I am hungry and/or thirsty. My readers will only ever receive the ripple effects of my inspiration. And yet I am constantly surrounded by it. My imagination is inescapable and constantly crying out for my attention. I see stories everywhere I go! I can almost see the narrative of a conversation being written above a person’s head as they talk. I even dream stories! With inspiring thoughts and ideas hitting me at the speed of light, I am searching for more outlets, development tools, and people to assist with the burden of production.
“A writer is thinking even when they are not producing, observing even when they are resting, learning even when the page is blank. Writing is personal. It grows from an inner impulse, a quiet curiosity, and a persistent desire to shape experience into language. The truest measure may be your willingness to repeatedly return to the page because something in you refuses to be silent.”
My current path feels Vegapunk-coded.
A note on a corkboard with a description of Dr. Vegapunk, from the anime show OnePiece. The image includes two pictures of the character and his clones.
Stay tuned! I will post updates of my experience with this group and any information I find useful as a creative fiction writer as time goes on. For now, check out this influential message from the club president, Dr. T. Carter, in the most recent monthly electronic newsletter.
