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Writers@MQ
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Upcoming Weekly Events
Write-ins: TBC
Upcoming Unique Events
Listed below are our upcoming events for the semester. Please refer to our Instagram, Discord, or Mailing List for more information.
Learn more about our past unique events here!
Watch this space!
About us
Writers@MQ is one of the Macquarie Univerisity societies that has been around since 2014. We're passionate about writing, and our aim is to hype up and support our members in creating their piece of passion, whether that be a short story, poetry, a journal article or a screenplay. Whatever you're into writing about, we're into reading about!
Writers@MQ is a social society dedicated to supporting writers in achieving their dream writing goals. Writers@MQ is a support network of friendly faces who all love to write and talk about writing.We support our members by holding events focused on writing, and unique events meant for building lasting connections with fellow members. Our most popular events are the Meet and Greets held at the beginning of each session, the Prose and Poetry Night, and our weekly write-ins.
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Write-ins
Join us for a long writing session! Lasting around 3 hours, our write-ins are one of our most attended events. Feel free to stay for the duration of the time, or pop in when you can for a secluded, chill area (usually a classrooom) to get some of your writing work done.
We usually play some chill lofi-beats to get you in the mood for writing, and the environment of everyone working on their own pieces is a great motivator tool for your own projects!
Our write-ins can be beneficial especially if you would like to ask questions about how a certain scene is going, or you want to crack down on some dialogue that sounds real.
For SEMESTER 1: TUESDAYS 11:30-2
For SEMESTER 2: TBC
Unique Events
During the year, both in the study session and in the break periods, we host unique events. These events can be anything, such as reading aloud the projects you've been working hard on, club bonding days over karaoke, collaborative watch-parties with other socieites or end of year celebrations at the beach! You name it, we can (try to) do it!
Here's some examples of unique events we hosted in 2024:
Prose and Poetry Night
Formally known as Poetry Night or Open Mic Night
Twice a semester, we host some sort of performance night where members can read a piece they've been working on aloud to an audience. These events are super fun, especially if you've been vibrating with exictement over the last short story you wrote, or you're itching to get a reaction from people because of the last slam poem you worked on. Or, maybe you just love to listen to what your peers are working on. All are welcome!! Invite your friends or even your family!
Taking place in either a lecture hall or tutorial room, a night of fun comes alive as all of us are engaged in one of the best things to have in common: writing.
We can't wait to hear all the amazing pieces you've written! A new chapter of your novel? Or a haiku you wrote while on a walk? What about the short and sweet memoir you've been cooking up?
Writing Workshops
Want to learn about writing your story in different ways? How about mastering certain parts of it, like dialogue, plot, world-building so you know your story through-and-through? Taking the form of lecture style workshops and discussions, the exec team teach you about writing from their experience and expertise*, as well as scholarly sources.
*Although executives have education experience, they are not trained to teach writing as a subject. These workshops serve as a collaboraitve form of pedgagogy that can help you in your writing.
In 2024, we had a plot workshop, pacing, dialogue, and character knowledge. Mixing discussions, lectures, activities, and collaborative work, our workshops are designed for you to think about your current projects and how to better them.
If you'd like to take a look at the previous presentations we've worked on for these workshops for your own reference, refer to them here:Plot Pacing Dialogue Characters
Watch Parties
Occasionally, we collab with another society to watch something (movie or YouTube series) to spark some inspiration for our own works!!
In the past, we have watched The Mandela Catalogue, The Walten Files, and Gemini Home Entertainment.
Have a recommendation for a watch party? Let us know!