Why Writers Need Community: How Finding Your People Strengthens Your Writing Journey

From Edie: Rachel Britton shares why writers need community and how finding your people can overcome isolation, build lasting connections, spark creativity, and strengthen your writing journey. On a special note, I'm super excited to have Rachel here as a guest poster. She's the director of the reNew Writing Retreat. This is a wonderful event and I'm excited that I'll be there this year. Whether I go or not, this is one of the events I always recommend to writers, so be sure to take a look at the reNew Writing Retreat website!

Why Writers Need Community: How Finding Your People Strengthens Your Writing Journey

by Rachel Britton @RachelJBritton

Writing is inherently a solitary endeavor. We sit alone in our creative spaces, staring at a flashing cursor, wrestling with words, and trying to capture the stories and messages burning in our hearts. We try to convince ourselves that because the craft happens in solitude, the writer must thrive there, too.

But that is a beautiful misconception.

Why Writers Need Community: 3 Simple Ways to Stay Connected and Grow

From Edie: Feeling isolated as a writer? Discover why community matters and learn three simple, practical ways to stay connected, encouraged, and growing in your writing journey.

Why Writers Need Community: 3 Simple Ways to Stay Connected and Grow

by Larry J. Leech II @LarryJLeechII

When I wrote this blog, I sat by myself in the local Starbucks where all the baristas know me as a regular. But few know what I do for a living. And that’s okay. Although great people, they are not my community. I simply go to the branch office to ‘work.’ 

Most days that entails going off in my own little world to edit or write. But doing so day after day is not good for me. I need connections, community.