🔥 100 Members and Counting! A huge WIN for the week. What other wins do YOU have?

David Stem

Nov 7 (edited) • General discussion

Good people! 🙌 We hit 100 members this week.

That’s a huge milestone — and a testament to you for showing up for your creativity and for each other.

I spent years writing alone, wishing a space like this existed — one built on honesty, momentum, and genuine support.

When I launched The Forge, I figured maybe a dozen writers would show up.

Now it’s become something real — because you made it real.

Before we move on to what’s next (more content, courses, deeper dives), I want to start a tradition:

👉 Naming and counting our wins.

Too often we writers only celebrate the big ones — finishing drafts, landing reps, or getting 100 funny, articulate, smart-AF people to join a Skool group in under a month (are you kidding me?!).

But it’s the small victories that actually make those big wins possible.

✅ Wrote a single page when you didn’t feel like it

✅ Reworked a scene that wasn’t clicking

✅ Offered feedback to someone who needed it

✅ Put your own work out for notes even though it scared you

✅ Showed up to a new community even though part of you thought, “What’s the point?”

Those quiet, consistent wins — that’s what builds creative lives.

Anyone can write when they’re inspired.

Real writers show up anyway.

My win this week: You. This community.

100 people proving that small steps, done consistently, create something extraordinary.

Now your turn — what’s your win this week?

Drop it below. 👇

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