For people who do language.

Writing in the Dark is a bestselling Substack newsletter & creative community based on Jeannine Ouellette’s beloved workshop by the same name. WITD is a vibrant home for writers & creatives passionate about the nexus of language, art & truth—a place where playful is the portal to the profound & where attention, curiosity, vulnerability & surprise can and do change not just our writing, but our lives.

“My hands wanted to touch your hands, because we had hands.” — Frank Bidart

Week TWELVE | For the Joy & the Sorrow | Tenderness Is In The Hands

Jeannine Ouellette
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Writing the Everyday Erotic | How & Why

"The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings" ~ Audre Lorde

Jeannine Ouellette
Apr 2
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To Want, To Dream, To Create

Two new writing exercises to reveal yourself to yourself and wake up your language, too

Jeannine Ouellette
Apr 1
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🧵 Thursday Thread: Where Were You Ten Years Ago?

“Ask, ‘Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?’” – Carl Sandburg

Jeannine Ouellette
Mar 27
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My Life, My Life, My Life, My Life In The Sunshine

Week ELEVEN | For the Joy & the Sorrow | An Ecstatic Delight

Jeannine Ouellette
Mar 26
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Even In The Dark, We Are Alive

This idea—the idea that even in the dark, we are alive—comes from the brilliant adrienne maree brown’s book, Pleasure Activism. Obviously, I am drawn to this concept of aliveness in the dark.

Jeannine Ouellette
Mar 25
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I've Been Terrified Before, And Kept Walking

That, I know, makes all the difference

Jeannine Ouellette
Mar 24
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What Makes You Scream Yes?

"Pleasure is the point," writes adrienne maree brown. "Feeling good is not frivolous, it's freedom.

Jeannine Ouellette
Mar 21
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🧵 Thursday Thread: When We Stayed Home

Reflections on the fifth anniversary of the Covid-19 lockdown

Jeannine Ouellette
Mar 20
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Special Event w/Free Writing Workshop TODAY

Join us today 3-5 PM Central on Zoom for a conversation & writing workshop

Jeannine Ouellette
Mar 19
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Our Particular Bodies

Week TEN | For the Joy & the Sorrow | How Else We Might Be Touched

Jeannine Ouellette
Mar 19
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How Do You Deal With Being Seen?

Lit Salon on what to do & how to cope with the fear or nakedness once your work is finding its way into the world

Jeannine Ouellette
Mar 17
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