Writing Clubs

The Little Workshop of Horrors
New club event announced yesterday!
Wish you had an audience for your darker side? This club is for you! We are looking for writers who are interested in creating mystery, thriller, or horror fiction and poetry. If we are your kind of people, welcome to your new haunted corner of FanStory! Club Organizer is Marilyn Hamilton.

Animal Crackers Club
New club event announced yesterday!
Let your pets write a newsletter about this past year. Club Organizer is judiverse.

JAPANESE POETRY CLUB
Last event announced July 5, 2025. Join us if you want to learn how to write Japanese Poetry or share what you know. We have a new challenge every Saturday. We will learn to write Tanka, Senryu, Sedoka, Katauta, Haibun, etc. ****** If you have ANY questions, please send a message to me, Gypsy Blue Rose. Club Organizer is Gypsy Blue Rose.

HAIKU CLUB
Last event announced July 5, 2025. Join us if you want to learn how to write haiku, share what you know, or just for fun. Topic challenges will be: Haiku form, Haiku seasons (kigo), Haiku juxtaposition line (satori), Haiku focus on five senses, classic haiku vs contemporary haiku, etc.. We will have a new challenge every week. Please, contact Gypsy Blue Rose if you need information about the club or help with your challenge. Club Organizer is Gypsy Blue Rose.

club potlatch
Last event announced July 5, 2025.



welcome to club potlatch!

- the word "potlatch" is a native american word meaning: to give, gift, or present

- i will present to you the Gift of a poetic form to learn, study, & write ~
- you will present to the FanStory Community the Gift of a new poem to read ~
- they will present to you the Gift of a review and Give you some pretty red stars ~
& around we go . . . yada-yada-yada. . .

* events are one week long & every weekend i will post a (hopefully) new one with a poetry form, its rules, & example poem(s). . .

~ happy writing!

Club Organizer is shelley kaye.

Poetry with Meter Club
Last event announced July 4, 2025. If you struggle to write a poem with beautiful rhythm that sounds polished and professional but can't quite figure out what's wrong, this club is for you.

You will gain a thorough understanding of what makes good meter, and you will learn practical techniques to correct what's wrong.

Assignments will be given to:

• Write a poem that utilizes a newly taught aspect of meter, or
• Hone your skills by correcting the faulty meter of a poem

Whether you are new to writing poetry in meter or wish to refine your skills, join us in this club to make your poetry sing.

You can join this club and begin with Lesson 1 at any time. Scroll down to Lesson 1 on the Events page, and follow the directions there. Club Organizer is Jim Wile.

God in Your Life
Last event announced July 3, 2025. Please join if you enjoy talking or writing about the Lord, our God. We can write about what God has done for us, what meditation you use to lift your spirit, how God has touched you by using another person. Many different ways to write about God in your life. Open for suggestions for topics to use. Club Organizer is Teri7.

Flash Fiction/Nonfiction
Last event announced June 30, 2025. Using bizarre stories from the news or from nature to inspire brief entertaining stories. Club Organizer is lyenochka.

Picture This
Last event announced June 30, 2025. Hello Fellow Poets, My crooked fingers are crossed that this time the artwork will load in. Sorry for the problems. All poetry forms of four lines or more are accepted. If the picture selected does not load please click and save and attach it as normal. Club Organizer is Pearl Edwards.

The Sharp Quill
Last event announced June 30, 2025. This is not a hug circle. This is a writing class disguised as a club. If you join, expect tasks. Expect critique. Expect me to spot every clunky phrase, every lazy rhythm, every comma you didn’t realise you’d weaponised. Each fortnight, I’ll post a focused writing challenge; mostly prose, occasionally poetry. Members will post responses, and in return, I’ll give honest, constructive critiques. Not reviews. Not stars in the usual sense. Critiques. We’ll talk flow, voice, structure, punctuation, clarity, pacing, and where necessary, rules. Not because rules matter more than style, but because you can’t break them with impact until you know how they work. This is not about ego. It’s about getting better. If you’re up for that, you’re welcome. Aims of the Club To Improve Craft — through task-based writing that targets specific skills in prose and, occasionally, poetry. Expect challenges around dialogue, internal rhythm, point of view, tone control, etc. To Deliver Honest Critique — members will receive full-strength, fair, and focused feedback. The kind of critique that tells you why a sentence is sagging, not just that it is. To Demystify Technique — when flaws appear, I’ll point to the technical reason why. Sentence fragments? Misplaced modifiers? A comma splice dressing as dramatic pause? We’ll name them and fix them. To Encourage Risk — I won’t penalise boldness. Try things. Break things. Just don’t expect me not to notice when they go wrong. Expectations of Members Post your work in good faith — no rough first drafts written during tea adverts. Be open to critique. Don’t argue with feedback unless you're genuinely trying to understand it better. Offer peer feedback when possible. Not essential, but encouraged — iron sharpens iron. No back-patting reviews. This isn’t the place. If you liked something, say why it works. If your piece includes serious content warnings (violence, trauma, etc.), flag it clearly. And most of all: read the damn task brief. If I say 500 words, don’t send me your 2,000-word epic because "it just flowed." Club Organizer is Tim Margetts.

FINDING YOUR MUSE
Last event announced June 21, 2025. The club is for writers and poets who are looking for ways to find inspiration to enrich your writing life and provide you with creative ideas for your next poem or short story. Each week I will provide writing prompts to get your inner muse going. “How to get motivated to write? Sit down and write.” - Stephen King Club Organizer is Gypsy Blue Rose.