Chasing The Muse
Since 1987

What's All This 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.

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.

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

Writers are invited to attend a few meetings to see how we operate. We meet every Wednesday evening on the campus of North Central College in Naperville.

Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 at 7:00 PM. Visitors are welcome. Please see About Us for our location and other meeting details.

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.

Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 at 7:00 PM. Visitors are welcome. Please see About Us for our location and other meeting details.

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Our featured authors invite you into this edition to share their thoughts and experiences. You'll also find the poem that won the 2009 Founder's Poetry Prize, the short story that won the 2009 Founder's Prose Prize--and a Dedication to one of our founders, Richard Eastman, who passed away this year. read on

NWG member Kristin LaTour says that Writing Down the Bones "...isn't a craft book on how to write, but more of a collection of personal essays on a writer's life." read on

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 creating since she was born (according to her mum). She works consistently at writing creatively, specializing in 'truth and lies.' Her poem Iraq shows how tightly the two can be intertwined. read on

NWG member Rich Le Cropane says "For those of you who prefer to cut to the chase, here it is: Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera is a bloody brilliant book." read on

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