Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette

Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette

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Radical Self-Honesty: A Simple Tool That Lets You Be Good Enough Just As You Are

Radical Self-Honesty: A Simple Tool That Lets You Be Good Enough Just As You Are

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Billie & me on our recent 3-day writing intensive

You might know we opened registration yesterday for Writing in the Dark: THE SCHOOL, WITD’s new 9-month slow-writing program for people serious about advancing their craft and joyful about "doing language better" in a cohort of others seeking the same.

Your response has been astounding. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

ALSO.

In describing SCHOOL (despite my effort to include every possible detail w/o writing a novella) I left out something crucial, which was quickly made apparent to me by the deluge of emails from interested writers. This crucial omission was even more important than the fact that I failed to mention that yes, we will record the Zooms, a tidbit I’ve since added.

The more crucial omission was this:

You cannot “fail” at WITD: THE SCHOOL. You cannot “fail” at WITD: THE SCHOOL. You cannot “fail” at WITD: THE SCHOOL.

Because you cannot fail at your writing. You can not write, but that is not a failure, either. It may be a disap…

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