This is How Literary Fiction Teaches Us to Be Human

Join WRITING IN THE DARK For Our First Ever 12-Week Story Challenge! Starting December 6, We Will Deepen Our Entire Writing Practice (And Our Humanity) With An Immersive Dive Into the Art of Fiction

A Few Words from Participants in Writing in the Dark’s Recent Essay Challenge

Grateful to you and also the process which was difficult to trust over so many weeks. It was a profound experience for me.

This space has been such a joy and a boon—thank you for creating it.

I have to sit with my writing more and learn to trust my gut with these new tools that you have so generously given us … Thank you, thank you, thank you for it all!

THANK YOU for this workshop, for your generosity, encouragement, and insights to wrestle with our stories and turn them into something beautiful.

Thank you for every little and big thing. These fellow essayists give me such a lift and the promise of incredible writers hovering over our world. ♥️

This post plus the Voice Memo really hit me hard in a good and gentle way.

Feeling a tad sad that the regularity and jewels of this magnificent course are soon to end...

Wait, don’t be sad the Essay Challenge has ended! We’ll continue our work together in this incredible…