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The story you keep putting off deserves to be written down.

We're not here to hand you more writing advice. There is plenty of that already. We're here to give your writing a rhythm, a small circle of readers, and a warm place to keep going. The writing itself is the point — publishing is optional.

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01 Does this sound like you?

You've been meaning to write for a while now.

You have writing goals that keep sliding to the bottom of the list.

You want a routine, a real one, not another burst that fades by week three.

The whole thing feels lonely, and you'd like to not do it entirely alone.

You want your work read, but you're not ready to publish it to the world.

You'd love someone to read your shitty first draft and take it seriously.

You want honest, thoughtful feedback that you look forward to and will make you want to keep writing.

There's a story burning in you, but you can't find the structure to get it out.

You've done writing courses before and lost momentum a few weeks after.

You'd like to meet other thinkers who are searching for a way to make sense of their life.

If you nodded at even two of these, you're exactly who we built this for.

02 What this actually is

A structure to hold your practice, and stories worth telling.

Whether or not publication is the goal, it's the act of writing we want to support: to make it enjoyable, to make it feel less lonely, and along the way, to help you feel a little more connected. Here are the kinds of stories people bring.

the inner child

The story your eight-year-old self would be proud you finally wrote.

the legacy

Your family and ancestors, captured before it's lost to time.

the love letter

A parent, sibling, or friend's life, told with love from your point of view.

the private one

The story you're afraid to write, but need to get out.

the one that just is

The story that simply needs to be written and exist in the world.

the declaration

A story that says: I am here, I matter, and my life matters.

03 The rhythm of a week

Show up, write a little, be read.

Through the week

You write

Thirty minutes a day, three times a week, or whatever fits. Your own project, or a prompt if you need one. Submit something each week.

Your story buddies

You're paired

Matched with two others for real conversation between meetings. Small enough that everyone is heard.

Your feedback

You're read

Notes in the margin from your buddies and the group, on every piece you submit. Real attention, thoughtful comments.

Once a week

You meet

An online group gathers to share and connect in real time. The threshold you cross when you keep showing up.

Bring whatever you've got

A project in any format: memoir, family story, travel piece, poems, a picture book with words
Three problems you want to write about in your life right now
The repetitive thoughts that have been cluttering your mind
A story that can only be told by you, being you

04 The kind of feedback you'll get

Notes in the margin, never a verdict.

The kitchen still smelled of my grandmother's bread even after everyone had gone, and I stood there not knowing what to do with my hands.

what we wonderWhat did that smell mean to you, right then? There's a whole story hiding in your hands.

what we liked"Not knowing what to do with my hands" — that's the truest line here. Trust it.

a small suggestionTry letting this be the first line. It already carries the whole weight.

What we liked

The lines that landed, the ones worth keeping. We tell you what's already working.

What we'd try

Gentle edits in the margins: a phrase, a flow, a "what did you mean here?"

What we wonder

Genuine questions that build connection and give you something to chew on.

05 Who we are, and who we're not

We are trained therapists. We are published writers^*. We're just humans who believe people deserve to understand their journey through writing. What we bring isn't authority. It's attention, a steady cadence, and a promise to actually read what you write.

^*Ahem. Well. We have been published on Substack, in Google reviews, Airbnb reviews, TripAdvisor, LinkedIn, and the occasional local newspaper. 😆

06 Choose your run

Short enough to start. Long enough to stick.

5 weeks

$200

A gentle first taste. Long enough to build a small routine and see what the practice feels like.

Start with 5

Most recommended 10 weeks

$350

Ten is where you cross the threshold: the point where momentum stops needing willpower and starts carrying itself.

Go the distance

8 weeks

$300

The middle path. Real traction without the full commitment, with room to find your voice.

Choose 8

The 6-month challenge

For the big one you've been carrying.

Meet fortnightly, submit every two weeks. Writing won't be the same again after the 26 weeks, even if you miss one or two along the way. You'll see. For writers with a real project and the will to unearth it.

$1,000

Take on the challenge →

The pilot is capped at 10 writers, split into story-buddy groups of three. Keep a 10-week streak and there's a little something for you.

"One can find in writing a perfect focus for life. It offers challenge and delight and agony and commitment."

Anne Lamott · Bird by Bird

No forms, no waitlist. If you'd like a seat, write us a short note. Tell us your name, which run you're drawn to, and a line about what you want to write. A real person will read it and write back.

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