Screenwriting : Looking for teleplay writers group by P. James Norris

James, perhaps look through the "Meetups" section. Or, perhaps post and organize a meetup yourself to start a group in your area. :) Best to you!

I suspect they'd like my book, The Roots of Evil. Shame I don't live nearer to be able to attend.

Hey James, I know a few teleplay writers through my local social "dramatic writers" (screenwriters and playwrights) group. We have sporadic meetups and it might be an ideal place to get a small critique group together. I don't think we have anything planned at the moment, but I wouldn't be surprised if the organizer gets something together in July or August. In the meantime, here's the organization that we're attached to: https://lighthousewriters.org/ . It's mostly novelists, memoirists, and poets, but we're trying to carve out a stronger screenwriting presence. Right now is actually a pretty good time to check them out--their current Lit Fest is a yearly confab of workshops, salons, readings, etc. and they've been getting better and better each year about including dramatic writers.

Hey James. I'm a Denver guy.

Why not connect with TV writers on here for the same purpose? Plenty to network with if you want to have a circle of writers to provide feedback on teleplays.

David, that's what I'm trying to do.

Well, if y'all get something going, I'd be VERY interested in attending. To get a feel for the quality of my writing, you can look at the STTNG spec script I've posted here at Stage32. I've got a TV pilot spec script that I've submitted to a number of this year's contests, and the first review wasn't what I hoped it would be. So I'm looking for a critique group to help me polish it for next year's contests assuming that the other contests results are similar.

I'm in as well...

Does anyone know how to start a group?

I can look into centrally located space for a group meeting and coordinate with James. I'm in the RiNo District.

Starting a group is easy--I just started a new RMFW group. You find a group of people who can meet on a common night and a place to meet. My RMFW group meets at a local Panera's--they're happy to have us 'cause we buy stuff and they're happy to have customers because people are more likely to enter a store that already has patrons.

Sounds like there might be enough people interested to get a group started. While Kerry finds us a "centrally located space", the next issue is figuring out if there's a common night everyone could meet. I'll set up a survey monkey survey to poll people for nights they can meet.

The Lighthouse Writer's group focuses on all kinds of writing and offers professional level seminars, etc. It's a nonprofit near Race and Colfax.

Robin, thanks.