The Writing Room

What is The Writing Room?

 

The Writing Room is a weekly online writing group for writers seeking refuge, inspiration, and connection. This room is a practice in paying attention—to the textured world that a poem or story contains, and to the world of sensation, imagination & memory that lives inside of us—the one that literature can unlock and set spinning on the page.

 

This room is where the quiet and calm of “a room of one’s own” is held inside a communal circle of writers of all kinds. 

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What This Room Contains

 

Every Thursday at 7pm PST we meet on Zoom for a 75-minute session, which follows a gentle rhythm:

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1. We begin with a short meditation, ice-breaker, or embodiment exercise to arrive & bring gravity to the room.

2. We read an excerpt from a poetry or creative nonfiction author.

3. I offer 1–2 generative prompt options inspired by the craft/ themes of the text we just read. (Get a feel for the types of texts & prompts we engage in our Prompt Library.)

4. We write, quietly and individually, for 5-15 minutes (some free-writes are quick—a gentle warming. Others are longer, and allow you to really drop into deeper layers of memory, imagination, and attention).

5. We re-enter the "room" to share what happened for us--either on the page, or in our process. (no pressure, no critique).

6. Between prompts, I offer brief, accessible embodiment practices—designed to help you write within, from, and toward your body. 

7. We repeat these writing & reading circuits 2-3 times, until we reach the hour.

8. We conclude with a check-in: If this hour were a stretch of a beach, what shell or rock would you take with you?

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These sessions are generative and low-pressure—a place to land, loosen up, and reconnect.

 

A Window Into The Writing Room:​

 

If you want a closer look at what we do here, peer through the window of The Writing Room by checking out our Prompt Library, a growing archive of past-prompts & excerpts! If the current of a prompt or poem catches you, let it carry you into a free-write! :)

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Why I Created This Room

 

Writing, for me, is a source of joy, an expression of devotion, as well as a form of quiet dissent.

It resists a world that pulls me toward curation & performance, and returns me to a place of close attention & truth-telling. 

 

As a leader, I’m interested in containment and expansion: I’m here to keep the walls that protect your creative process strong and protected. 

 

And I’m here to help soften the walls that block us from ourselves and each other—the ones often fortified by fear, shame, perfectionism, or the urgency to produce.

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This room exists to:

• Help you stay connected to your truth(s)

• Protect your unique creative process

• Expand what feels possible on the page

• Soften the walls of shame & perfectionism 

• Cultivate trust through community & witnessing

• Create a rhythm of showing up as you are—messy, tired, unsure, and still writing

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The Invitation

 

My hope is that you leave each session feeling:

• Re-anchored in yourself 

• More attentive to your inner life

• Encouraged in your creative work

• Connected—to your own intuition & voice, and to others

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This room is not a tidy room. It is a space where I invite you to be the messy and un-edited version of yourself. My hope is that this space creates more room inside YOU—for noticing, remembering, and expressing yourself freely, imperfectly and incompletely. The river of writing never ends. Let’s swim! (Mixing metaphors, I know). 

 

 Here, in The Writing Room, I hope you find your element, pace and peace. Here, I want you to feel alive & at home.

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Donation-based leadership:

 

This weekly Writing Room is offered on a donation basis. I want this space to be accessible, but I also want to honor the time and preparation it requires to hold these groups well. If you are in a season where you’re able to contribute, I suggest a sliding-scale donation of $5-10 per visit, or $20-40 per month (4 visits). You can donate by clicking this link to my Venmo.

 

If donating at this time doesn't feel right or isn't an option for you, you are still warmly welcome!

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Your presence matters most to me.​

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Ready to join us next Thursday? CLICK THIS SIGN-UP LINK!

or email me at martha.krausz68@gmail.com

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See you soon,

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~ Martha