With a strong and supportive arts community, writers of all kinds — novelists, playwrights, poets, screenwriters and journalists among them — flourish in the Lower Cape Fear region. Who couldn't be moved to rapturous prose by the breathtaking beauty of this coastal region or see opportunity in the overwhelming presence of the dramatic arts and the film industry. But the writing life is a solitary one, so it's no surprise that aspiring authors and poets seek out nightspots that satisfy twin desires: companionship and the need to share their work. Writers are naturally avid readers, so book discussion groups, poetry readings or a cappuccino with fellow writers are all part of the literary nightlife in coastal Carolina.