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Writing Fire Community Agreements

Welcome to the fire!

This is a space for truth-telling, creative courage, sacred witnessing, and human transformation through writing.

We gather not to perform perfection—but to practice presence, spellcasting, storytelling, creativity, catharsis and authentic expression..

These agreements help protect the warmth, trust, and integrity of this community

1. Come as you are.

You do not need to be polished, articulate, wise, healed, or “ready.”

Messy is welcome. Tender is welcome. Joy is welcome. Confusion is welcome.

We honor the truth of where you are right now. Every emotion you have is fuel for the writing fire.

2. Offer strength-based feedback.

When responding to someone’s writing, begin with what is alive, strong, vivid, moving, honest, surprising, beautiful, or resonant.

Examples:

What stayed with me...
I felt...
I saw...
I was curious about...
This line landed in my body...

We are not here to fix each other. We are here to witness, reflect, and encourage.

Unless explicit editorial feedback is requested, assume the offering is meant to be received—not improved.

3. Speak from your own experience.

Use language like: “I felt…” “I related to…” “This reminded me…”

Rather than: “You should…” “What you need to do is…”

No diagnosing. No debating someone’s emotional truth. No unsolicited advice.

We practice deep listening, honoring and receiving.

4. Respect sacred confidentiality.

Stories shared here stay here, so that we all feel safe

Please respect the sacred confidentiality of the stories shared here.. You are welcome to share your own stories widely, but please honor and respect the confidentiality of others.

5. Participate at your own rhythm and pace.

You do not need to keep up.

Visit. Read. Write privately. Share occasionally. Come close when called.

This is a living fire, not a pressure cooker of comparison or expectation.

6. Protect the sacred from promotion.

Please do not use this community primarily to sell, recruit, market, or redirect members elsewhere unless explicitly invited.

7. Share generously, and share the space.

Some voices naturally take up more space. Some need encouragement to emerge.

Practice awareness.

Ask: Am I making room? Am I listening as deeply as I am speaking?

8. This is a healing community, but it does not replace other healing modalities.

Writing can open profound emotional territory.

This space can be healing—but it is not therapy, emergency support, or clinical mental health care.

Please care for yourself accordingly and seek additional support when needed.

9. Practice brave honesty.

Transformation often asks us to step gently beyond the edges of what feels safe, familiar, or comfortable.

You are invited—but never forced—to experiment with vulnerability, truth-telling, and creative risk.

Growth rarely happens entirely inside our comfort zone. And yet self-trust matters deeply here.

We honor intuition, boundaries, nervous systems, and personal timing.

10. A note on maintaining a safe, sacred, and all-inclusive

We love that you're here to share. A few things to keep in mind as you do:

Please use a content note at the top of any post that touches on potentially triggering material, including:

Violence and harm: graphic violence, war, murder, police brutality, or torture
Abuse: physical, emotional, psychological, sexual assault, or child abuse
Mental health: self-harm, suicidal ideation, or severe eating disorders
Animal distress: cruelty to animals or animal death
Systemic issues: explicit mentions of hate crimes, or violence

11.🔥 INCLUSIVITY CLAUSE

Writing Fire is a sacred and inclusive space where every voice is honored and every story is welcome — exactly as it is, exactly as you are. We do not tolerate hate speech, discrimination, or harm of any kind in this community — including but not limited to racism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, misogyny, ableism, antisemitism, or any language or behavior that diminishes the inherent worth and dignity of any person.

We are here to tell the truth — and the truth is that all of us belong here.

Violations of this agreement will result in immediate removal from the community, without refund.

When we protect the safety of the circle, we protect the fire itself. 🔥

Have fun and take exquisite care of yourself in the process!

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Writing Fire Community Agreements