Week One: The Gentle Creative Writers Revolution
Twenty+ writers, six weeks, one radical act of daily devotion
Welcome to Flight School and our Summer Surge Creative Writing Challenge:
We are twenty+ writers strong and ready to turn summer intentions into completed pages.
As your humble guide, leader, and Flight Schooler, I’m starting our surge with a clear vision: to finish The Home Tree (last summer, I drafted this book and titled it The Man Born with Seven Shirts, but I have gone back to my original title, which I love).
What about you?
Let’s talk about it in our first live meeting this morning at 9:00 a.m. PST. Sign up now for your link.
If you miss it, no worries. We’ll be meeting every other week throughout. So make sure to get in on the next one.
This Week's Focus: Landing
Before we surge, we land. This first week is about settling into our rhythm, claiming our space, and making the commitment real.
Whether you're compiling blog posts into a manuscript like Bridget, crafting scenes like Jill, or launching into medieval Al-Andalus with Konrad, this week we establish our foundation.
Your Week One Mission:
Show up daily (even if briefly)
Share your progress in the comments
Read and respond to at least one fellow writer
Remember: We're not racing to perfection. We're building momentum that will carry us through six weeks of breakthrough.
Drop a comment below with what you accomplished today—a single sentence, a paragraph, a page, or simply that you showed up. In this community, showing up counts as progress.
The surge begins with a single word.
Let's write.
Jennifer 🐦⬛
🐦⬛🐦⬛🐦⬛ We've jumped to week two of this terrific challenge. New questions to answer, new work to create.
Fly on over:
https://jenniferlauck.substack.com/p/week-two-when-a-creative-writer-digs/comments
🐦⬛ Week One, Day Six: First, gratitude. Thank you all for being in the challenge. It's a beautiful thing to be together on a journey.
Second, this from @sarasomers ➡ "Something that is hard: digging deep, being honest about past behavior, without being self-deprecating. I gather the transformation is not that I belittled myself and then stopped doing it but more---what were the circumstances that caused me to be so self-abusive and what happened that I no longer allow myself to get involved in similar circumstances." This is a terrific question/process for the memoir writers. Process is digging deeper than the simple answers. The quick fix. This requires genuine curiosity and humility. We have to set aside our pride and accept our failings.
Our writing, especially at the simple craft level, reveals the chaos within. The disorder. And it's honest, humble questions like: What were the circumstances that caused me_____(fill in the blank). The answer begins to be our story and the gift we can give others.
Love to hear your thoughts.