Writing is solitary endeavor— or at least, that's what they say. But it doesn't have to be.
Tolkien and C.S. Lewis had the Inklings; Virginia Woolf had The Bloomsbury Group; Hemingway had smoky Paris cafés; the Beats had midnight rendezvous.
Great writers need great people.
That's why we started ATX Writing Club.
We started in January 2024 with a simple goal: build the writing community we couldn’t find.
Austin was full of talented people, but nowhere to gather. The online writing groups felt like ghost towns. The workshops were either too precious or too pretentious. We didn’t want a course. We didn’t want a guru. We wanted a table. A place where writers could show up, sit down, and get to work together.
So we made one.
What began as a few meetups in coffee shops has turned into a full-fledged creative community. We now host monthly book clubs, weekly writing sessions, salon-style dinners, and creative sprints that attract writers from every corner of the city.
Our members include novelists, essayists, screenwriters, poets, playwrights, journalists, and people who are finally finishing something they started ten years ago.
If you’ve been writing alone, you’re not the only one.
That’s why we exist.
To write. To finish. To find your people.
If you want to meet smart people, who are just as committed to their creativity as you are, become a member of ATX Writing Club today! You’ll get FREE access to all of our events, plus you’ll be part of our inner circle of writers!
It’s only $349/season.
So if you’re ready to get serious about your writing practice, to have a group that keeps you accountable, and free access to all of our events….
Join us today!
What Can You Expect From This Newsletter?
There are a lot of amazing people in this group—yet there is literally no way for you to meet all 3,275+ of them.
So by creating a newsletter, my hope is to introduce you to some of the cool folks you would never get a chance to meet in-person. We have doctors writing poetry, runners penning novels, and pit masters editing screenplays (for real).
Aside from introductions, our newsletter is the primary way you’ll be able to keep up with what’s going on in the community, and our upcoming event calendar. Events like:
Weekly accountability and focused writing sessions
Monthly book clubs designed for writers studying the craft
Free tickets to local author talks
Our 8-week peer feedback group lead by a professor of creative writing
Talks, workshops, and seminars designed to help you get published and paid for your writing.
You can expect exactly ONE email per week. They will always be written by me, or by a member of the ATX Writing Club (and never by AI, because ick).
Now before I go,
I don’t want to sound like I’m getting too big for my britches here. But I believe through this weird little writing club, we have a chance to bring strangers, who would have never met otherwise, together under the banner of creativity and thoughtful dialogue.
We have a chance to gather—with kindness and warmth—while also engaging in intellectually curious conversations. This is not the status quo by any means, but it’s exactly the kind of community I want to be a part of. I’d love your help making it a reality.
I sincerely appreciate you for joining me,
—Zac
