Naperville Writers Group

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The Naperville Writers Group offers you the opportunity to develop your craft and receive thoughtful, positive and useful critiques. Our members come from throughout the Chicago area and range from published, award-winning writers to those who write only for pleasure.

Writers are invited to attend a few meetings to see how we operate. We meet every Wednesday evening, with a hiatus between Thanksgiving and the New Year.

Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 at 7:00 PM. Visitors are welcome. Please see About Us for our location and other meeting details.

If you have questions or would like to speak to someone about the NWG, please see our Contact page.

Whether you favor prose or poetry, fact or fiction, novels or short stories, plays or screenplays, share your creative side with us!

Join NWG member and best-selling author Earl Merkel as he gives a lively and informative presentation about that most elusive of creatures, the literary agent. Meet in Room 20 of Goldspohn Hall on the NCC campus in Naperville on Wednesday, May 21st at 7PM.

If you're an NWG member, but haven't yet received your user name and password, please contact the Webmaster at your earliest convenience.

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What's This All About?

Successful writers have two common behaviors. First, they write a lot. Second, they seek out honest criticism.

The fact is, it's hard to improve your writing unless you are read, regularly.

As an NWG member you'll find that you write more, and with growing confidence, with a little help from your fellow practitioners.

It's Pronounced "En-Wig"

No stuffed shirts here.

We love to write, and to read, and we prefer to be around others who love to write and read.

So, while our regular meetings end at 9PM, the irregular meeting starts right afterward and goes until the wait staff throws us out. Looking for lively conversation? You've found it!

Check Us Out!

Attend a meeting and see for yourself. Join in the discussion and, when you're ready, become a member and present some of your work to the group.


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Required Reading

Books to Read About the Art and Craft of Writing


Poet and NWG member Kristin LaTour says, "...this brief book brings all those who make 'art' to take their work seriously and reverently."

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Member Focus

A Selection of Poetry and Prose From Our Members


Born and raised in Great Britain, NWG member Ruan Wright has been living in the States since 1996. She's been writing since she could hold a pen, and works consistently at writing creatively, specializing in 'truth and lies.' Her poem Words is a succinct example.

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The eNWiG List

Books Worth Spending Time With


NWG member Wendy Teller says "Crescent's savory stew of love story and fairy tale paints a vivid picture of time, place and culture, from pre-war Iraq, to Baghdad being bombed, and to present day, pleasant Southern California."

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NWG News

NWG News Feed

What's In, What's On, What's Happening -- Straight From The Source

March Honors, Sales, & Pubs

The following honors awarded to, sales made by, and publications of works by NWG members came to our attention in March. read on
 


Radio eNWiG

Radio eNWiG

Podcasts Featuring Readings, Talk, Interviews, and More

Interview -- Radio eNWiG Interviews Jared Smith

NWG members Joe Larkin and Ruan Wright interview poet and publisher Jared Smith. Hosted by Joe Larkin, Ruan Wright. Engineered by Rich Le Cropane.

listen now   Download NWG_IN_20070917_01.mp3

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Literary News

Literary News

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The New York Review of Books

Articles and reviews from "the premier literary-intellectual magazine in the English language."

05/29/2008

Churchill and His Myths

By Geoffrey Wheatcroft

Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: The Dire Warning
by ... read on

05/29/2008

How to Cover an Election

By Frank Rich

When, in the summer of 1968, Norman Mailer covered the Republican and ... read on

05/29/2008

Iraq: Will We Ever Get Out?

By Thomas Powers

The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq ... read on

05/29/2008

Women Artists Win!

By Ingrid D. Rowland

Bathers, Bodies, Beauty: The Visceral Eye
by Linda ... read on

05/29/2008

Giddy & Malevolent

By Francine Prose

Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky: A London Trilogy
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