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    • 10 Dec 2025
    • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
    • Online on Zoom
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    A Commitment to Story: Monthly Virtual Write-Ins

    Welcome to the Weekday Write-in!

    In these community writing sessions, members get together for some quiet writing time. This session is virtual and attendees have an opportunity to check in briefly about their projects and voice questions or stumbling blocks. Attendees can outline, write early drafts, edit, and even work on pitches and marketing proposals for their work. 

    In this session, we'll  take a few minutes at the start to check in with a sentence about each person's intention for the writing time and either a breathing exercise/meditation/chair yoga/writing prompt to drop into creative flow, then we'll set a timer to write for 40-45 minutes. At the end, we'll wrap up with a brief coming together (5-10 minutes) and release. We'd love to see your face at the beginning and end during check-in, but please feel free to turn off the camera during writing time and breathing exercises.

    This is a  supportive community offering to help you carve out time, each month, devoted to the craft and joy of writing stories. Free for CBW-LA Members, $10 for non-members. 


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07 Dec 2025 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
06 Dec 2025 HOW TO BE A SCRAPPY LITTLE WRITER & PURSUE ALL PUBLICATION PATHS
15 Nov 2025 HOW TO ROCK YOUR WORLD-BUILDING
11 Nov 2025 A Commitment to Story: Monthly Virtual Write-Ins
09 Nov 2025 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
29 Oct 2025 A Commitment to Story: Monthly Virtual Write-Ins
08 Oct 2025 A Commitment to Story: Monthly Virtual Write-Ins
05 Oct 2025 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
01 Oct 2025 A Commitment to Story: Monthly Virtual Write-Ins
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01 Sep 2025 SEPTEMBER STORY SPRINT
16 Aug 2025 FINISH YOUR WRITING PROJECT IN ONE MONTH
13 Aug 2025 A Commitment to Story: Monthly Virtual Write-Ins
03 Aug 2025 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
21 Jul 2025 A Commitment to Story: Monthly Virtual Write-Ins
13 Jul 2025 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
18 Jun 2025 A Commitment to Story: Monthly Virtual Write-Ins
15 Jun 2025 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
13 Jun 2025 A Commitment to Story: Monthly Virtual Write-Ins
31 May 2025 THE JOY OF HOLDING BACK: THE EAST ASIAN FOUR-ACT STRUCTURE
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14 May 2025 A Commitment to Story: Monthly Virtual Write-Ins
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29 Apr 2025 A Commitment to Story: Monthly Virtual Write-Ins
21 Apr 2025 A Commitment to Story: Monthly Virtual Write-Ins
19 Apr 2025 WRITING FOR TEENS OR TWEENS? THEN THINK LIKE ONE: CRAFTING A YOUTHFUL NARRATIVE VOICE AND SENSIBILITY IN MG/YA FICTION
08 Apr 2025 A Commitment to Story: Monthly Virtual Write-Ins
06 Apr 2025 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
25 Mar 2025 A Commitment to Story: Monthly Virtual Write-Ins
16 Mar 2025 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
25 Feb 2025 A Commitment to Story: Monthly Virtual Write-Ins
09 Feb 2025 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
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18 Jan 2025 JUMPSTART YOUR WRITING CAREER 2025 PART 1:HOW TO SET, SUSTAIN & SUCCEED IN YOUR WRITING GOALS
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10 Nov 2024 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
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26 Oct 2024 Write a Novel in a Month
06 Oct 2024 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
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22 Sep 2024 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
18 Aug 2024 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
17 Aug 2024 Master the Art of Organizing Your Writing Life!
07 Jul 2024 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
02 Jun 2024 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
05 May 2024 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
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17 Mar 2024 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
04 Feb 2024 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
27 Jan 2024 JUMPSTART YOUR WRITING CAREER 2024: FIND YOUR PATH TO PUBLICATION
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19 Aug 2023 Wearing Your Character in Meditation
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16 Jul 2023 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
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03 Jun 2023 Have Story Will Travel: Finding the Story Structure Method that Works For the Story You Want to Tell
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13 May 2023 Kit and Caboodle: Crafting Irresistible Picture Books From Idea to Query
23 Apr 2023 Novel Writing Bootcamp
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19 Mar 2023 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
05 Feb 2023 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
28 Jan 2023 JUMPSTART YOUR WRITING CAREER 2023: FIND YOUR PATH TO PUBLICATION
22 Jan 2023 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
04 Dec 2022 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
20 Nov 2022 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
09 Oct 2022 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
01 Oct 2022 Three Character Revealing Secrets That Make Editors Swoon
11 Sep 2022 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
14 Aug 2022 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
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09 Jul 2022 Querypalooza: How to Write an Eye-Catching Query and Hook an Agent
26 Jun 2022 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
15 May 2022 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
09 Apr 2022 Achieve Your Writing Dreams: How a Mom of Three Published a Picture Book that Debuted as a #1 Release on Amazon
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19 Mar 2022 Does Your Story Have a Passport? Creating Universal Stories that Reach Wider Audiences
13 Mar 2022 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
19 Feb 2022 Eight Precious Writing Tips No One Talks About
06 Feb 2022 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
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14 Nov 2021 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
17 Oct 2021 Online Critique Session: All Genres Welcome
25 Sep 2021 Visually Sketching Out Your Plot
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18 Feb 2017 Creative Writing Exercise Extravaganza 2
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26 Sep 2015 QUERYPALOOZA: HOW TO WRITE AN EYE-CATCHING QUERY AND HOOK AN AGENT WITH EVE PORINCHAK OF THE JILL CORCORAN LITERARY AGENCY
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29 Aug 2015 Critique Session: Open to All!
22 Aug 2015 Understanding and Unlocking Amazon and Online Marketing
25 Jul 2015 Picture Book Workshop: The Power of Critique Groups & Writing Tips I’ve Learned Along the Way
25 Jul 2015 CBW–LA Summer Write-In Session
20 Jun 2015 How to WOW Agents and Editors at Your Next Writing Conference
13 Jun 2015 Critique Session: Middle Grade & Young Adult
23 May 2015 Using a Story Map to Find the Holes in Your Story
21 May 2015 CBW–LA Third Thursday Weekday Write-In
09 May 2015 Critique Session: Open to All!
25 Apr 2015 Story Sprouts: Setting, FULL–DAY Writing Workshop and Anthology
16 Apr 2015 CBW–LA Third Thursday Weekday Write-In
11 Apr 2015 Critique Session: Middle Grade & Young Adult
19 Mar 2015 CBW–LA Third Thursday Weekday Write-In
14 Mar 2015 Presenting Your Fantasy or Mythic Story
07 Mar 2015 Critique Session: Picture Books, Early Readers, Chapter Books!
28 Feb 2015 Critique Session: Middle Grade & Young Adult
24 Jan 2015 Critique Session: Open to All!
15 Jan 2015 CBW–LA Third Thursday Weekday Write-In
10 Jan 2015 Kickstarting Your Writing Career Workshop 2015
06 Dec 2014 Novel Critique Session
20 Nov 2014 CBW–LA Third Thursday Weekday Write-In
08 Nov 2014 Write the Truth: Creative Nonfiction and Real World Inspiration
16 Oct 2014 CBW–LA Third Thursday Weekday Write-In
11 Oct 2014 Story Sprouts 2014 Launch Party
04 Oct 2014 Baiting the Hook: Nabbing the Reader With Your First Page
27 Sep 2014 Write Stories That Change the World & Pitch Them to TV & Movie Producers
18 Sep 2014 CBW–LA Third Thursday Weekday Write-In
13 Sep 2014 Picture Book/Chapter Book/ Early Reader Critique Session
23 Aug 2014 Do You Give...Good Voice? How to Find (and Nurture) Your Writing Personality
09 Aug 2014 Novel Critique Session
12 Jul 2014 Establishing Your Independence: Marketing Secrets from a Best-Selling Independent Author
28 Jun 2014 Do You Give...Good Voice? How to Find (and Nurture) Your Writing Personality
14 Jun 2014 PICTURE BOOK/CHAPTER BOOK/EARLY READER CRITIQUE SESSION
31 May 2014 Writing Day Anthology Workshop: Get Published with CBW-LA
19 Apr 2014 MIDDLE GRADE/YOUNG ADULT CRITIQUE SESSION
29 Mar 2014 Novel Writing Bootcamp
22 Feb 2014 Honing Your Middle Grade Writing Voice: A Workshop with Author Kristen Kittscher
08 Feb 2014 PICTURE BOOK/CHAPTER BOOK/EARLY READER CRITIQUE SESSION
11 Jan 2014 Kickstarting Your Writing Career Workshop 2014
09 Nov 2013 MIDDLE GRADE/YOUNG ADULT CRITIQUE SESSION
02 Nov 2013 Anthology Launch Party & Year End Celebration
05 Oct 2013 NONFICTION/ MEMOIR CRITIQUE SESSION
26 Sep 2013 Picture Book Workshop: The Power of Critique Groups & Writing Tips I’ve Learned Along the Way
07 Sep 2013 PICTURE BOOK/CHAPTER BOOK/EARLY READER CRITIQUE SESSION
17 Aug 2013 Potent World-Making: What's Myth Got to Do With It?
27 Jul 2013 Query Critique Session
20 Jul 2013 Writing Between the Lines: The Power of Multiple Revisions A Workshop with YA Author Carmen Rodrigues
22 Jun 2013 Writing Day Anthology Workshop: Get Published with CBW-LA
25 May 2013 Queries, Loglines and Blurbs: Oh My! Workshop with Author Samantha Combs
13 Apr 2013 CRITIQUE SESSION
30 Mar 2013 The Author's Platform: Blogging with the Bird
12 Jan 2013 Kickstarting Your Writing Career Workshop & Lunch Social 2013

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