The Week Ahead
This is the default schedule for To Live & Write's online and in-person events, activities, and deadlines. To attend, RSVP in the comments. For the current week's specific schedule, please subscribe.
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If you would like to join us for any of our writing events and activities, email me at bronwyn.coach@gmail.com. To Live & Write events and activities are members only - but membership is free! And easy! Join To Live & Write on Facebook and you’re in. If you’re not on Facebook, be sure to subscribe here and let me know you’d like to be kept in the loop.
If you’re interested in our other events and activities, like lit nights, writing challenges, submission guidelines, retreats, field trips, and workshops, subscribe to The Week Ahead.
WEEKLY SCHEDULE: Winter 2026
Scroll through for FREE in-person & online events & activities for writers.
1. The Monday Write In
Gather at a local coffee shop to write in the company of other writers every Monday. Write Ins are in-person writing sessions where we gather to write quietly and draft off each other’s creative energy. Open to all members of To Live & Write.
Mondays - in person
2:00-4:00pm PST
Free - You buy your own food and drink
2. Elevenses
All year, excluding national holidays when the cafe is closed
Join our weekly in-person gathering to discuss writing, the writing life, and your WIP with people who know what you’re talking about, feel your pain, and delight in your success.
Tuesdays - in person
11:00am-1:00pm PST
Free - you buy your own food and drink
Members only (membership is free)
3. The Late Night Write
Family fed, creatures in bed - it’s the perfect time to cross the mental and emotional threshold into your writing space and join us online for a few hours of doing the thing that feeds your soul.
Tuesdays - online
7:00-10:00pm PST
Zoom ID for members only (membership is free)
4. The Wednesday Write In
Start your day off with a hot cup of coffee and put some strong writing energy back into the middle of your week. Write Ins are in-person writing sessions where we gather to write quietly in each other's company.
Wednesdays - in person
10:00am-Noon PST
Free - You buy your own food and drink
Host: Erica Peck
5. The Top Secret Write Along
Friday afternoons are for perks! with members who tend to be more involved in To Live & Write and are interested in developing friendship and connection with other writers while getting a lot of writing done. Open only to paid subscribers of The Week Ahead.
Fridays
12:00-3:00pm PST
Paid subscriber perk
6. Proof of Write
This online gathering is a safe place for writers to share up to 5 minutes of raw, rough, or polished work written the previous week. Every participant must give - and then sit still to receive - positive feedback. Free to join.
Sundays
8:00pm PST
Zoom ID for members only (membership is free)
LIT NIGHTS & Writing Challenges
1. Imagine March
In-person lit night featuring 8-10 scenes by 8-10 writers woven into one story. I give a group of writers the house or apartment building and the parameters. They each write a scene. On event night, we use a walk through the building to walk the audience through the lives of the residents - caught in one moment in time at a time.
Theme: Announced February 1
First deadline: February 15
Final deadline: February 28
Event: TBD (usually the 2nd Thursday in March)
2. Alameda Shorts
In-person lit nights featuring collections of 5-minute stories by local authors, read to you in a cozy, downtown bookstore. Think of it as story time for grownups.
Theme: Announced on the first of the month, March through September (excluding July)
Length: 800-1000 words (must be read out loud in 5 minutes or less)
Genre: Any except poetry, rants, advice, or opinion pieces
Deadline: Last day of the month, March through September (excluding July)
Event: 6:30pm on the second Thursday of the month at Books, Inc., Alameda
If you’d like to participate as a writer and storyteller, click the button to find out how:
3. Imagine August
Another very cool lit night with something other than a theme tying the writers together. Choose your first line from a list. Receive your last line from me. Write your piece and watch how the stories string together.
First lines: Shared July 1
Last lines: Dispersed July 5
Deadline: July 31
Event: 6:30pm on the second Thursday in August at Books, Inc., Alameda
1. Flash Lit
An extremely cool writing challenge that last 30 days, three times a year. We play in February, June, and October.
Prompts: every three days
Deadlines: every three days
Length: up to 500 words
Genre: any
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