The Creative Writing Cafe

Welcome to The Creative Writing Cafe Meetup. Our group is a relaxed, inspirational, safe and friendly atmosphere dedicated to fostering creativity among readers and writers of novels, poetry, plays, screenplays, short stories, and nonfiction.

Whether you're a seasoned artist or simply someone who loves to be inspired by the arts, our community is here to encourage and celebrate creativity.

The Creative Café is FREE but any purchase to help support the Sleeping Cat Bakery (160 7th Ave., between 19th and 20th Street) is appreciated. So come join us and participate, or sit back and relax with a book, a cup of coffee, or a slice of pie in the company of fellow travelers!

Latecomers welcome, come and go as you please.

MONDAYS
4:00 pm—4:30 pm: Intros and Chit Chat
4:30 pm—5:30 pm: Sit and write (or read)
5:30 pm—6:00 pm: Share work/Constructive Feedback (optional)

Nearest train: #1 to 18th Street and 7th Avenue but you can also take:

The F to 14th or 23rd street and 6th Avenue; the A, C, E to 14th street and 8th Avenue; the C, E to 23rd and 8th Avenue; the L to 14th street and 8th Avenue.

Welcome to The Creative Writing Cafe Meetup. Our group is a relaxed, inspirational, safe and friendly atmosphere dedicated to fostering creativity among writers of novels, poetry, plays, screenplays, short stories, non-fiction, and all those who are passionate about the arts. Offering feedback or sharing your work is optional.

Whether you're a seasoned artist or simply someone who loves to be inspired by the art of writing, our community is here to encourage and celebrate creativity.

The Creative Café is FREE but any purchase to help support the Sleeping Cat Bakery (160 7th Ave., between 19th and 20th Street) is appreciated, so come join us and participate, or sit back and relax quietly with a book, a cup of coffee, or a slice of pie in the company of fellow travelers!

Latecomers welcome, come and go as you please.

MONDAYS
4:00 pm—4:30 pm: Intros and Chit Chat
4:30 pm—5:30 pm: Sit and Write (or read)
5:30 pm—6:00 pm: Share work (optional), Constructive Feedback

Nearest train: #1 to 18th Street and 7th Avenue but you can also take:

The F to 14th or 23rd street and 6th Avenue; the A, C, E to 14th street and 8th Avenue; the C, E to 23rd and 8th Avenue; the L to 14th street and 8th Avenue

*Members who are inactive for more than six months will be gently removed from list to make room for new members. This is not a “ban” and members may rejoin whenever they are free to attend again.

Wednesday DECEMBER 4th, 6 - 8 pm. Welcome to The Writing Cafe's Filmmakers Club Meetup. We are an amateur (meaning lover of film) film club. All ACTORS, SCREENWRITERS, and FILMMAKERS interested in no-budget filmmaking for fun, for community, for practice, for learning - professionals, beginners and wannabes welcomed.

GOALS: 1. Have fun. 2. Meet, talk about movies, screenplays, plan to shoot scripted shorts. 3. Plan and shoot a short "improvised" film in 1 hour. 4. Edit. 5. Post to YouTube. 6. Have fun.

Cinematic influences include: Dogme 95, Agnes Varda, Robert Altman, Chantal Ackerman, Mike Leigh, Greta Gerwig, Jim Jarmusch, Kelly Reichardt, Christopher Guest, Elaine May, Sean Baker, etcetera.

*To shoot shorts (so far) we use a Nikon D3200, a Rode Mic, a 50 mm lens, and we edit on IMovie.

The Creative Writing Cafe's "Filmmakers Club" is FREE but any purchase to help support the Sleeping Cat Bakery is appreciated, so come join us and participate, write short screenplays, or chat about acting and movies.

Latecomers welcome, come and go as you please.

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 4th

6 pm—7 pm: Intros, talk about movies, plan to shoot scripted short films.
7 pm—8 pm: Shoot a short “improvised” film (we’ve shot 8 shorts so far).

Nearest train: #1 to 18th Street and 7th Avenue but you can also take:

The F to 14th or 23rd street and 6th Avenue; the A, C, E to 14th street and 8th Avenue; the C, E to 23rd and 8th Avenue; the L to 14th street and 8th Avenue.

Welcome to The Creative Writing Cafe Meetup. Our group is a relaxed, inspirational, safe and friendly atmosphere dedicated to fostering creativity among readers and writers of novels, poetry, plays, screenplays, short stories, and nonfiction.

Whether you're a seasoned artist or simply someone who loves to be inspired by the arts, our community is here to encourage and celebrate creativity.

The Creative Café is FREE but any purchase to help support the Sleeping Cat Bakery (160 7th Ave., between 19th and 20th Street) is appreciated. So come join us and participate, or sit back and relax with a book, a cup of coffee, or a slice of pie in the company of fellow travelers!

Latecomers welcome, come and go as you please.

MONDAYS
4:00 pm—4:30 pm: Intros and Chit Chat
4:30 pm—5:30 pm: Sit and write (or read)
5:30 pm—6:00 pm: Share work/Constructive Feedback (optional)

Nearest train: #1 to 18th Street and 7th Avenue but you can also take:

The F to 14th or 23rd street and 6th Avenue; the A, C, E to 14th street and 8th Avenue; the C, E to 23rd and 8th Avenue; the L to 14th street and 8th Avenue.