Our Game Day, Bake Sale, and Silent Auction event this past Saturday went swimmingly! Not only did even more people show up than last year, but together we raised EVEN MORE MONEY! Between all forms of collection, before and during the event, we raised a total of $1,423! Thank you so much!

I played my very first ever tabletop rpg at the @firstdraftdetroit.bsky.social gaming fundraiser yesterday! And our team successfully ruined the wedding of Yzma and Commander Rourke from Atlantis. So... I guess I'm a gamer now! 😎

Wizards, Cemeteries, and Baldur's Gate! Three more TTRPG games you can pre-reg for the #TTRPG (and board game) game day this Saturday! firstdraftdetroit.org/game-day/

Looking for something noob friendly? These are three more #TTRPG games that are available to play at FDD's Game Day on Saturday!! #Magical School, #Fairytale, or #Horror #Western, we'd got you! Pre-reg here: firstdraftdetroit.org/game-day/

Here's the 2nd and 3rd games of sooo many games that you can play at Game Day on Saturday! Are you looking for noob friendly #ttrpg games? we got you!

Don't forget, Game Day is this Saturday and there's tons of games for you to play! We'll be posting about them all week long so stay tuned. Pre-register here: firstdraftdetroit.org/game-day/

Don't forget the TTRPG game day, bake sale, and silent auction that we're hosting this month! September 27th, at Gatekeeper Games in Berkley. 👀🎲🐲

The Midway Midway Madness event went wonderfully! We were led in sprints by the loudest of all (Erin), and every auction item found a home! If you're hoping for another FDD event soon, you're in luck! Keep an eye out for information about September 27th! 👀 firstdraftdetroit.org #writingcommunity

Cover done, editing nearly done! Looking to upload to patreon tomorrow! So excited to hear what you all think of it. #manga #anime #comics #graphicnovel #writer #fantasy #dnd #ink #digitalart #author #art #artist #artwork #indiebooks #kidslit

We totally relate to this. The intention is always to shave words, but somehow more are added! 🤯 #writingcommunity #writesky #authorsky

Two types of authors: Those who wake up to write at 6am and those who are still awake writing at 6am. Which one are you? #WritingBSky #WritingCommunity #AuthorsOfBSky

7. First line of Lost City: It was pure coincidence that Hedy was sitting in the Wilds when a woman appeared from nothing. #FantasyIndiesJuly #writingcommunity #writesky

Crying Werewolf was inspired by brooding purity culture vampire man trope. I love that trope, but I wondered what it might be like to write someone leaving a toxic relationship with a vampire and meeting a hot werewolf in the woods who gives them what they deserve. ❤️‍🔥 #SapphicBooks #MonsterRomance

The schedule for the second week of #SummerFrenzy! Join us all week for more Scribbles, and then at the Dovetail on Saturday for Midway Midway! There will be writing, games, and a Suddenly Auction! If you're making an item for it, make sure you bring it Saturday!

We've got a mini Summer Frenzy going on! Events 6 days a week for the next two weeks! Come hang with us and kick-start your creativity! 📝🧶🎨✂️ #firstdraftdetroit #firstdraftfrenzy #summerminifrenzy #community #creativesofdetroit #metrodetroit #detroitcreatives

The 2 Week Summer Frenzy has started! (Yesterday, whups.) The Challenge/Leaderboard is available on both TrackBear: trackbear.app/leaderboards... Pacemaker: www.pacemaker.press/users/OwenBo... You can use both, either, or none; but feedback will help decide which is used in the future!

The kick-off picnic for the Summer Frenzy is today at 10:30am at Starr Jaycee Park in Royal Oak! All creatives welcome! This year we will be trying out TrackBear for our challenge goal tracking, alongside PaceMaker which we have used before. Feedback will decide which we stick with! Links soon!

Saturday! Saturday! Saturday! Be there or be square! 👀 The Kick-Off Picnic is THIS Saturday June 28th at 10:30am. It's a potluck! Bring dishes, snacks, drinks, or just yourself! Everyone is welcome.

I just finished reading Di-Curious and it was super cute and very fun The MC plays dnd, so not only is there a lot of dnd talk, but they even play on page! As a dnd player myself, that was REALLY enjoyable It's also queer af, which is always good lol #booksky💙📚 #DiCurious #QueerBookSky #DndBook

Happy Autistic Pride Day to Emerson Miller. I have been blown away by the love for Make the Play. Thank you all for loving him, for showing the world that autisitc joy and love are worth celebrating. To all my autistics, diagnosed & self diagnosed, you are loved. #queerbooksky #mmromance

Another book for pride! Check out We Used To Live Here by Marcus Kliewer for some good horror mystery escapism. #BookSky #PrideMonth

This was truly a battle with my current manuscript #writing

Pride Month Book Recs - Part 1! It is so important to highlight LGBTQ and BIPOC own-voice authors—not just in Pride Month, but all year long. #booksky #queerbooksky #mmromance #indieauthor #newbook 🌈📚

9. This is definitely the mood of the novel, though Hedy's autistic self is less openly yearning. What it doesn't capture is just how much studying Hedy had to do to master her magic, and how much math and meterology was involved. #FantasyIndiesJune #writingcommunity #writesky

For our second book of pride month, check out Somewhere Beyond The Sea by TJ Klune. 🥰

Are you one of First Draft Detroit's creative crafters? If so, consider donating to our Suddenly Auction where handmade items by you (or friends) featuring our beloved Suddenly (and dino friends) will be auctioned off! Your creation will go to a good home and help us at FDD continue the good work.

Do you like sapphic fantasy romance with cozy cottage vibes? You might like Honey Witch, by Sydney J. Shields! 👀

27. The move from Empire to Commonwealth was largely peaceful b/c the Schism took up most of England's resources. One of the first things to come from Elsewhere was a plague-like illness that exanguinated victims. It's called the Leeching Sickness. #MayWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #writesky

The News is out! We're having a first draft summer frenzy this June into July, and we're kicking off the event with a picnic on June 28th!

Save the date 🤫🫣💞 #booksky #writers #drafters #FDD

This Wednesday (tomorrow) is the first of two monthly Scribbles at Dessert Oasis in Ferndale! Join us at 4:30pm for: Dorky yapping Delicious noms and hot bev's The occasional pupper spotting Maybe some creating if we can shut up (we can't) Queer friendly vibes

This Friday is April's "Final Friday" Scribble at The Office Coffee Shop in Royal Oak. April 25th at 5pm! Great food, and great company! Whether you're writing, drawing, crocheting, painting, or just want to hang out and chat with some fellow creatives, you're welcome to come!

Announcing the second and third of our four monthly events, a bi-monthly Scribble on the first and third Wed of every month. Come write with us at Dessert Oasis! Bring your WIPs and your amazing faces, and we'll be there.

I participated with First Draft Detroit (an independent offshoot of that one November writing org) and had a great time. Being indie allowed people to participate and compete in a lot of different ways (one person was even painting) and still get nice creative community. 10/10 will draft again

If you missed TGIO, here's the team championship winner announcement and stats! Congrats Team Swamp Monster and good job everyone!

If you participated in First Draft Frenzy this November, help us out by filling out this survey so we can keep improving! forms.gle/wm8PvBFVhPQ3...

This Friday we're doing a Write-In Crawl traveling between Warren and Royal Oak to get a heck ton of writing done!! Join us!!

It's the last push week!! Join us online on Zoom Saturday from 4pm to Midnight to get those last minute things done!

BOOTCAMP IS HAPPENING NOW

Here's the schedule of write-ins and events for this week!

Hello, Bluesky #writingcommunity folks! If you're in #MetroDetroit and are looking for an IRL group of fellow creatives, come join us! FDD is a local #nonprofit just for you! (Non-locals can join our Discord community, too!) We're aggressively Midwest nice! @firstdraftdetroit.bsky.social

Our Midway Event yesterday went fantastic! Thank you everyone for coming and thank you Macomb Community College South Campus Library for providing the space and drinks!

Tomorrows 10am-12pm write-in will be on discord this week!

Here's the schedule for week 3 of First Draft Frenzy!

My amazing friend procured for me the greatest I VOTED sticker in the history of stickers. It's an early voting miracle! My precinct only had the normal ones. This is what friendship is, folks. Werewolf stickers.

Front Load First Weekend at The Dovetail yesterday was so much fun and incredibly productive! All total, we wrote over 70 THOUSAND words together!

My project this November is for work, so I'm hitting the keyboard pretty hard already even this early in the month! What are y'all working on right now?! ~ Deirdre

Our FIRST event of the First Draft Frenzy season in November is First Load First Weekend! Join us on November 2nd (this Saturday) from 4pm-10pm (or any time between) at The Dovetail in Warren.

Hi! We're First Draft Detroit, a Metro Detroit based non-profit focused on bringing writers and other creatives together to well, create in a supportive and productive environment both online and in person.