Hello everyone, The first live community editing event is only a few days away. In order to simplify the upload process, please share your projects in response to THIS POST. That way I will have all of them in one convenient place for Saturday. Please have them submitted by Friday, July 17, by or before midnight EST. I cannot guarantee that I will have enough time to look over any submissions prior to the event that are uploaded Saturday morning, so get them in Friday! I've also created resources to help with the upload process: #Text Tutorial #Video Tutorial I'll see you on Saturday!

Hello everyone, I had the idea the other day that it might be fun to have writing contests here in the community. I'm curious what you all think about that. I'm not quite sure how they would work yet, which is something else that I would need some help figuring out. It might be fun to have some kind of prize, but I'm not sure what it would be at the moment. The contests would need to have enough involvement and engagement to warrant prizes because if every contest only gets two submissions from the same people, the contests are going to get stale rather quickly. So what do you all think? Should we implement writing contests? And if we do, how should they be run? What guidelines do you want to see? I can definitely come up with some, but first I want to get the community's opinion on how they should work. Make sure to vote in the poll, and please share any ideas you may have in the comments.

It's a simple question, at least on the surface. What drives you as a writer? There's no right or wrong answer. At the end of the day, everyone writes for different reasons: enjoyment, money, fame, talent, passion for the arts, having a story to tell, an admiration for and aspiration to be like other great artists. The list goes on. I think that I personally write for some combination of all of those reasons. I enjoy writing. I would love to make money doing it and have my stories become beloved for generations to come. I have stories to tell, and I want to be like the great artists I learned about in school. My advice to you is to ask yourself that simple question: why do I write? Then just think about your answer. Use that as your guide when it comes to writing. Remember what it is that drives you every time you struggle, or even just whenever you want to write. And if there's a certain author you particularly look up to, use that author as a guiding light. I'm not saying to deify or idolize that writer, simply find and author you admire and use that person as inspiration. Writing is a journey. Remember that. Sometimes it's slow and painful. You won't always see the results you want to see at first. That's totally fine. Just keep trying, and eventually something will work out one way or another. One of my favorite examples is H.P. Lovecraft. He died believing himself to be a failure. But today, his fiction is immensely popular and influential. Success isn't linear. That statement is applicable to all areas of life, but it's especially applicable here. Keep writing. One day you'll look up and realize you did it. But the only way to get there is to start writing now, and always remember why it is you do it.

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, I noticed that we didn't get any submissions for the June prompt yet, and that's totally fine. You can respond to a prompt whenever you want, even months or years after it has been shared with the community. Regardless, here's a new prompt for July. Check it out here: #July 2026 Writing Prompt