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, February 8th, 2012 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, February 8th, 2012 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 2011 Founder's Poetry Prize and the short story that won the 2011 Founder's Prose Prize. read on

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

NWG member Joe Larkin has been a professional communicator throughout his working life. Now in retirement, he is working at his true calling, writing poetry and fiction. His poem The XYZ's of Our Existence examines communication of another kind. read on

NWG member C. Michael Becker says "...I recommend that those of you writing prose, particularly extended prose, take time to at least scan Orhan Pamuk's novel My Name Is Red because of its very unconventional construction." read on

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