Creative Questers
Who we are
Creative Questers is a community and podcast for all things creative with a focus on writing – we write together in solitude, go on little writing-related adventures and sometimes we even talk about our feelings. All genres, experience levels and types of writers are welcome. You have a suggestion? We’d love to hear it! Email us at creativequesters@gmail.com Join us for our next creative quest.
Quest 5: Let’s talk about memoirs
In this episode, we’ll talk about memoirs! Not only is Christina working on a memoir herself (Magicians, Cross-Dressers, and My Uterus), but she also runs the Memoir Mentors group, where people get together to work on their respective pieces. In this episode, Christina tells us more about memoirs and everything you need to know about this wonderful genre.
Quest 4: How to write an author bio (Mini Quest)
So how do you write an author bio? What do you do if you have no publications yet? What should actually be included in an author bio? This episode is a quickie which we tried to fill with all the answers to these questions. Of course there is more than one way to craft your bio.
Quest 3: 10 ways to calm your inner critic
Do you have that voice inside your head that will just not stop nagging you while you write? You are not alone with that feeling. The terms “inner critic” and “imposter syndrome” have floated around for quite a while. They describe the feeling when you feel like not a single word you write is good enough and really you should just stop. In this episode, we talk about how to deal with that feeling and that annoying inner voice.
Most of our events are hosted through meetup - which some of these links will redirect you to. It's free to create an account - and you can join our meetups and many more fun activities there to share interests, work on your goals and meet new people!
In this group, we write. Really, that’s the heart of it: Getting words onto paper and creating a community to share them with. With fun meet-ups such as collaborative story writing, 100 word stories, workshops on honing your craft and discussion panels.
Memoir Mentors is a safe space to support, inspire and motivate memoirists. Join us every Thursday for productivity sessions, reading your story out loud, critiques, author Q&A's, book club, and workshops.
In this project, we write stories with more or less exactly 100 words (also called drabbles). Each month, there is a new prompt which we all write to. The first Friday of every month, we share the results with each other in an online reading meetup.
Shut Up & Write hosts free in-person and online writing events for writers all over the world. The goal is to ensure that every writer, regardless of genre or skill level, has access to the community, accountability, and resources they need to be successful in their personal writing goals.
Do you have an idea for an event that you'd like to participate in or host? Let us know!
First Friday Readings (100wordproject)
Every month, there will be a prompt. Your task is to craft a little story for that prompt. The challenge? It should only have 100 words. (+/- a few) At the end of the month/the beginning of the next month, we'll have a reading where everyone (who wants to) can read their piece to the rest of our writers.
Drink & Draw
But wait, what is a "Drink & Draw"? I'm glad that you asked! Here is how this is going to work: We meet up digitally through zoom to chat, draw, or paint (your choice of medium) and ... yes, drink a little together (alcoholic beverages completely optional.)
Prompted Writing
It might sound counter-intuitive, but writing with restrictions can often help unlock creativity. The hosts lead an hour and a half of writing to get the creative juices flowing.
Workshops
We offer a variety of workshops such as Creative Nonfiction 101, Self-editing, and more. Have an idea for another type of workshop you'd like to see (or even better - host), please email us at creativequesters@gmail.com
Graveyard Walks
We explore graveyards and the stories they inspire! We meet at various graveyards in Munich. We start with a quick history of the graveyard, have a stroll, then have a writing session in the graveyard if weather permits, or at a nearby cafe.