The Power of Community in Writing (and Where I Found Mine!)

By Laurianna Murray

It’s easy to think about writing as a solitary task. We write alone. In our office, on the bed, at the kitchen table. Even in a coffee shop surrounded by people, we are alone, in our heads. Alone with our thoughts and the words as they flow (or don’t!)

But what if we reframed that idea? What if we orient to writing in a community?

I had never taken any classes or programs to learn the skill of writing. Oh sure, I’ve been writing since I was a kid with a Trapper Ke...