Hello writers, We're somehow almost a week into July and I wanted to ask how everyone's writing and project updates were going. I personally haven't written anything yet, but that's about to change. Tell me how your writing is going, or what goals you may have for this month.

Hello everyone, Even though there were a few technical difficulties, I think that the test live event was a success. As a result, I now feel confident in hosting more live events here on the Skool platform. In fact, I want to tentatively schedule another one for Saturday, July 11, 2026. I'm not going to put it on the calendar quite yet because the date is subject to change, and the time definitely is. With all that being said, we get to the heart of this post: what would you want to see in a live event? Do you want it to be a chill group work session where I write or edit a project and people just come and hang out? Do you want a targeted workshop on one of your pieces? Do you just want to talk about your project? Do you want to grill me about my own? Please let me know! If I don't hear anything, I may just treat it as another writing/editing block that you're all welcome to join. Let me know what you want to see, and I hope to see you there. Keep an eye out for future updates as I figure out a definite date, time, and itinerary.

This isn’t from a book but in an interview I saw with John Acuff who is an author and productivity expert: “I don’t believe in writers block. I believe in idea bankruptcy.” He went on to say how he collects ideas, which I think is a cool thing to do. For myself, this quote motivates me to challenge myself to keep thinking as creatively as I can. What can I create that is unexpected or opposite of what someone might expect. When Jonah gave his first writing prompt, rather than continue with the characters he introduced, I went in a different direction. Maybe in the end it wasn’t so very creative? Maybe others would have had similar ideas, but I enjoyed the creative process. I hope that others in this group will share some of your writing in the writing prompts or projects or workshopping soon!

Hello everyone. My name is Kathryn, but people just call me Shelly. I’m 59 years old., and I love to write.

Hello everyone, I have some exciting news to share: this Saturday, May 27, at 1:30 pm EST, I will be doing a short 30 minute live event. I'm planning to revise and work on the short story I shared in the Workshopping Channel. Come hang out and watch, do some of your own work, or even give me live suggestions for how to improve it. I will forewarn you all that this is an experimental event. I would love to do more live events, so this is a test run. That means that there might be some technical difficulties, so keep that in mind. I hope to see you there!