Write-ins: Stories shared or scribbled ’round a writers’ “campfire”
—from the Rhymes With Camera Substack, July 2, 2024—
Come ye, circle your wagons and lay down some lines while you’re at it
I’ve found a new pathway into writing communities that doesn’t involve tuition, travel, commitments, or even an exchange of words, if you don’t want. You might even hide while participating!
I’m talking about the rise of the writer’s “write-in,”—a kind of quick meetup among groups of writers, both live and in person.
I’ve come to think of these write-ins as places where we can circle our creative wagons, sit around a shared campfire, and share words: what we’ve written in those moments or stories about what we’re doing or going through as writers.
Of course, the campfire I describe here is only metaphoric, but I’m known to write while sitting next to a warm blaze of embers and, if I could find a live write-in that did this on the nightly, I’d be all in!
Freewrites for freelancers? Yes, and…
I can think of several comparable experiences that predate write-ins for those unattached to formal writing programs (where “freewrites*” come as part of the curriculum):
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*Freewrite is writing whatever comes to mind during intense stretches of time in order to clear your mind, tap your potential ideas, and prepare for more writing… kind of like yoga done in preparation for meditation.