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What It Really Means to "Write in the Dark" | Begin here...
A short video meditation on what it really means to "write in the dark" together
Mar 25, 2024
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Born in WITD
A Big, Beautiful, Growing Directory of Published Work by WITD Writers. An incomplete list of essays, stories, and poems that began with a Writing in the…
Jun 26, 2024
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WITD Curriculum Index
The full WITD curriculum (challenges, prompts, & memos) categorized by specific intensives, genre, mood, and season so you can come back to them again …
Jan 18, 2024
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About WITD
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Dec 10, 2024
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Upcoming @ WITD
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Essay in 12 Steps 2.0
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The Importance of "Teeth" in the Art of Revision
Essay in 12 Steps | TWELVE | "There is something wonderful in watching a figure emerge...that seems to have a plan, which seems to be: to lead you to…
Apr 8
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On Purpose and Zero-Waste Writing—Or, How to Finally Finish A Thing
Essay in 12 Steps | ELEVEN | "I can't write the book I want to write. But I can and will write the book I am capable of writing." ~Ann Pattchett
Apr 1
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Open Mic Salon Replay | Beautiful!
What a beautiful salon yesterday!
Apr 1
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The Infinite Small
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What "That Place on Daniel Island" Teaches Us About Returning, Distance, and the Quiet Violence of Change
Write with us today, in our last installment of The Infinite Small intensive on micro flash!
Dec 10, 2025
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Let’s Try This: A Tiny Image Becomes a Story
A Shared Experiment in Attention, Memory, and Drift
Dec 4, 2025
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The Miserable Childhood Leads to Royalties ~ Frank McCourt
The challenge and the art of the six-word memoir!
Nov 26, 2025
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Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette
For people who do language. Writing saved my life—so I teach writing as if it can save yours.
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