What is Silent Writing? Pioneered by our own Writing Community leader, Lauren Sapala, Silent Writing is a period of time during which you show up in the company of other writers and … write. Lauren will open with a short meditation exercise to help you move into a supportive, relaxed brainwave state and offer simple instructions with prompts for those who want a place to start. Then you are invited to use the time to exercise your writing muscles.

Write on a project you’ve had in the works, or just use the time to journal – this is your time to invest an hour in your writing self without pressure, critique, or other distractions.

Character work is one of the most important elements in fiction writing, and it can also be one of the most difficult. Many writers shy away from writing fiction because they feel they don’t have enough experience with creating characters, developing characters, or figuring out how characters might fit into a bigger story. Some writers have attempted to write fiction in the past and then given up because they had no idea what their characters were supposed to do next.