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A practical community for writers everywhere
Write today. Keep going tomorrow.
WritersGroup.co.uk brings writers together through online Writing Rooms, daily prompts, practical tools, resources and useful conversation. Join from wherever you are, or meet us locally in Portishead.
Open to writers everywhere
Online writing sessions
Free practical tools
Local Portishead groups
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What would help you write today?
Find some company, create a starting point or use a practical tool to get the work moving.
Use today’s prompt
Start with a new writing idea, then use the optional refining prompt to develop what you’ve produced.
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Use the sprint timer, character builder, name generator and other free tools to solve the particular problem in front of you.
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A writers’ group that isn’t limited by geography.
The main WritersGroup community is online, so you don’t need to live near Portishead to take part. Join a session, use the resources or keep in touch in whichever way is useful to you.
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Online Writing Rooms
Regular structured sessions for getting words written alongside other people.
Regular structured sessions for getting words written alongside other people.
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Longer Saturday retreats
A more substantial online writing day when you need protected time for a larger piece of work.
A more substantial online writing day when you need protected time for a larger piece of work.
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Tools and prompts available at any time
Practical support you can use independently, in any country and in your own time zone.
Practical support you can use independently, in any country and in your own time zone.
Ways to take part
Online sessions and local meetings.
Join us online from anywhere, or come to one of our established Portishead groups if you’re nearby.
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Regular sessions
Writing Rooms
Quiet, structured online writing sessions with light accountability. Bring your current project and use the time for the work you’ve been meaning to do.
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Saturday writing retreats
Longer online sessions for making real progress on a manuscript, short story, article or other writing project, with breaks and a proper lunch.
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Portishead
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Local writing and reading groups
Meet at Portishead Library for the monthly Writers’ Group or Bring Your Own Book. Both are friendly, informal and free to attend.
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