How To Join

Pay mem­bership dues online

VISITING

The Workshop wel­co­mes visi­tors at least 18 years old to come to any regu­lar Wed­nes­day eve­ning mee­ting. There is no need to notify us in advance, just show up! The Workshop meets EVERY Wed­nes­day, regard­less of holi­days or weather. It has been years since a mee­ting was can­ce­led for any rea­son. We meet at 7 p.m. at this loca­tion.

If you do want to call and ask ques­tions befo­rehand, our num­ber is 817−714−6573.

We have some­ti­mes lengthy busi­ness mee­tings the first Wed­nes­day of each month before we get to the “good stuff,” so if you’d rather not sit through that we recom­mend you choose a dif­fe­rent week to visit.

Non-members may visit twice per year and are encou­ra­ged to sit in and observe our ‘Read and Cri­ti­que’ ses­sions, but may not par­ti­ci­pate directly in the ‘Read and Cri­ti­que’ pro­cess until they have joi­ned. Visi­tors may par­ti­ci­pate in the dis­cus­sions during the break periods as a method of lear­ning the Workshop’s suc­cess­ful practices.

MEMBERSHIP

Mem­bership is open to anyone, over the age of 18, who desi­res to pro­mote the art and craft of wri­ting. There are no limi­ta­tions on mem­bership. Wri­ters in any genre and any expe­rience level — from multi-published to just star­ting out — are wel­come to join and will find bene­fit from being part of our group.

Current annual dues are $100 per per­son, pro­ra­ted each quar­ter for those who join later in the year. Dues entitle you to par­ti­ci­pate in our weekly read and cri­ti­que ses­sions and check out books from our library. They also entitle you to a sig­ni­fi­cant mem­bership dis­count for the annual DFW Wri­ters’ Con­fe­rence spon­so­red by the Workshop.

THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

We are a First Amend­ment group. We do not cen­sor the reads that take place during the mee­tings. We do not take on the res­pon­si­bi­lity of pro­tec­ting mem­bers or visi­tors from hea­ring ideas or words they would pre­fer not to hear. This is a pro­fes­sio­nal wri­ters’ group. If you are loo­king for a group that can gua­ran­tee you will hear only a cer­tain genre/religion/political ideo­logy etc., there are other wri­ters’ groups in the area that may be able to help you.

We are a diverse group and open to wri­ters of all stri­pes. If you would pre­fer to hang out only with peo­ple who are like your­self, this is not the orga­ni­za­tion for you.

The cri­ti­que that takes place can some­ti­mes be a little rough and not what we want to hear. But the pur­pose is to help make the wri­ting shar­per and more com­pe­lling, so you will have a higher chance of secu­ring agent repre­sen­ta­tion and/or a publishing con­tract. We strongly encou­rage you to attend an entire mee­ting at least once before joi­ning. Know what you’re get­ting into, because our cri­ti­que is not a mutual admi­ra­tion society. The pro­cess has pro­ven very suc­cess­ful over the years, with more than 285 tra­di­tio­nally published books so far and coun­ting. If you’re serious about honing your wri­ting, this is the place to be!