Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette

Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette

Home
Notes
Essays
Lit Salon
Story Challenge
The Letter Reimagined
Jeannine Ouellette
Gift a Subscription
Writing Lab + Exercises
Threads
Voice Memos
Strange Containers
Joy & Sorrow
Archive
About
🧵 Thursday Thread: Have you ever been caught in the rain?
Or snow? Or severe cold? Or wind? I want your weather stories, one and all!
Jul 24 • 
Jeannine Ouellette
34

Share this post

Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette
Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette
🧵 Thursday Thread: Have you ever been caught in the rain?
89
Dear Future Self, I'm Still Afraid
Three exercises for writing against the grain and straight into the heart of fear
Jul 23 • 
Jeannine Ouellette
44

Share this post

Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette
Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette
Dear Future Self, I'm Still Afraid
142
Language Should Dig Beneath Certainty
Or, how I panicked when asked to write about love
Jul 22 • 
Jeannine Ouellette
65

Share this post

Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette
Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette
Language Should Dig Beneath Certainty
24
I Was a Child in a Child's Body.
But that child’s body was tucked inside the body of a mother, a ghost mother who would be my doorway to a new world
Jul 21 • 
Jeannine Ouellette
59

Share this post

Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette
Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette
I Was a Child in a Child's Body.
18
🧵 Thursday Thread: It's Time for Another Book Thread!
What are you all reading right now? And why is it holding your attention? And most importantly, why should the rest of us be reading it too?!
Jul 17 • 
Jeannine Ouellette
50

Share this post

Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette
Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette
🧵 Thursday Thread: It's Time for Another Book Thread!
155
The Geography of One Moment
When a moment in time becomes so immersive it is locatable, as if you could walk into it
Jul 16 • 
Jeannine Ouellette
40

Share this post

Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette
Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette
The Geography of One Moment
166
Some Days I Can’t Swallow the Sky
In honor of Andrea Gibson
Jul 15 • 
Jeannine Ouellette
185

Share this post

Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette
Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette
Some Days I Can’t Swallow the Sky
53
In writing as in life, we fear to excise what we treasure—or what we have treasured.
But we also learn to become survivors of our own choices
Jul 14 • 
Jeannine Ouellette
91

Share this post

Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette
Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette
In writing as in life, we fear to excise what we treasure—or what we have treasured.
73
🧵 Thursday Thread: Fandom, Concerts, Coming of Age
Love & Some Verses: Let's tell concert stories: firsts, bests, worsts, and everything in between
Jul 10 • 
Jeannine Ouellette
23

Share this post

Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette
Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette
🧵 Thursday Thread: Fandom, Concerts, Coming of Age
100
The Thing That Would Postpone Our Deaths
The Power of Place | Week Five | A study in foreshadowing through doubled place-detail: revelation and concealment
Jul 9 • 
Jeannine Ouellette
48

Share this post

Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette
Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette
The Thing That Would Postpone Our Deaths
182
The Lantern and the Latch
Thoughts On the Indelible Power of Artistic Mentorship
Jul 7 • 
Jeannine Ouellette
91

Share this post

Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette
Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette
The Lantern and the Latch
114
🧵 Thursday Thread: What are we watching now?
I just watched a series with the best, most beautiful sex scenes I've maybe ever seen. What should I watch next? What's not to be missed? What are you…
Jul 3 • 
Jeannine Ouellette
41

Share this post

Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette
Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette
🧵 Thursday Thread: What are we watching now?
90
© 2025 Jeannine Ouellette
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share