Beautiful Bastard takes a cue from the rise of independent music during the 80s and 90s and from self-replicating third-place projects like The Awesome Foundation to bolster writing culture. Each Beautiful Bastard is a local group of authors who meet each week to conduct a lesson and to critique a member’s latest writing. After each member has given two lessons and received two critiques, an appointed editor will compile, copy-edit, and print a journal of the group’s work. Our goal is to build a website that will house lesson plans for several cycles of workshops, an InDesign template for the journal, as well as a wiki exploring the best options for local self-publishing. These materials lower the overhead necessary for spawning another structured workshop either online or at the local level.
We currently have one chapter active in Boston, MA.
Beautiful Bastard
Beautiful Bastard takes a cue from the rise of independent music during the 80s and 90s and from self-replicating third-place projects like The Awesome Foundation to bolster writing culture. Each Beautiful Bastard is a local group of authors who meet each week to conduct a lesson and to critique a member’s latest writing. After each member has given two lessons and received two critiques, an appointed editor will compile, copy-edit, and print a journal of the group’s work. Our goal is to build a website that will house lesson plans for several cycles of workshops, an InDesign template for the journal, as well as a wiki exploring the best options for local self-publishing. These materials lower the overhead necessary for spawning another structured workshop either online or at the local level.
We currently have one chapter active in Boston, MA.