Archive - Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette

🧵 Thursday Thread | The Friendship Experiment

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. ~Margaret Mead

Jun 12 •

Jeannine Ouellette

The Power of Place Writing Intensive Starts Now! Write With Us!

The Power of Place | Week One | It's A Town Where ....

Jun 11 •

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Let's Say You're To Write About Love

For Max and Kaela on Their Wedding Day

Jun 9 •

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What An Editor Really Wants

From the Archive | Lit Salon on five things I want to see in writing ... and five things I don't

Jun 6 •

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🧵 Thursday Thread | We Need To Talk About AI

No, really, we do. As writers, creators, humans, we really, really do.

Jun 5 •

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What Are You Willing to Be Misunderstood For?

What can you do when people misread, misinterpret, misconstrue, misremember, or even totally misunderstand your writing, and judge you according to…

Jun 4 •

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What the Trees Know That We’ve Forgotten

And why it matters for writers

Jun 2 •

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May 2025

The Crooked Rhythm of Becoming

I got some wonderful news yesterday, which I can say more about soonish.

May 31 •

Jeannine Ouellette

Eleven Urgent & Possibly Helpful Things I Have Learned About Writing From Reading Thousands of Manuscripts

Eleven Urgent & Possibly Helpful Things I Have Learned About Writing From Reading Thousands of Manuscripts

May 30 •

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🧵 Thursday Thread | Here We Go With The Ghosts Again ...

Continuing our conversation on the

May 29 •

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The Tender Clock

On the nature and measure of pain and the plight of the artist

May 28 •

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The Childhood Weather

Considering summer as a reclamation of self--the self who once trusted the world enough to lie still in tall grass with no plan

May 27 •

Jeannine Ouellette

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