Friday Feedback 4/28/23

Over to you!

Hello writers! I hope you’ve had a good week, whatever that means for you right now: A restful week, a productive week, an encouraging week, a week full of joy, peace, love, and dreaming. A week where you maybe did some writing?

Before we jump into Feedback Friday, I wanted to share a little bit more of my vision for this group. Right now we have about 155 members, but we’ve been growing slowly and steadily. As you’ve noticed, there are only a handful of folks who share right now, but as the total numbers grow that number will grow as well.

I’d really like this to be a place where you feel encouraged and inspired in your writing, but not pressured. So if you show up one week and not the next, or only once a month or two, that’s fine! Nobody’s mad at you, you haven’t failed. You’re not an imposter. Part of the whole point of this group is understanding that we’re all exhausted coping with mental illness or neurodivergence in a world that’s not set up for us to thrive. My dream is that this will be one place that is.

That means that as we are still growing there might be some weeks where no one shares their work, or only one or two people do. I know it can feel a little awkward being the first or only one to share. But please know that this space is for you, that you belong here and your words and your perspective are valued here. And as we grow, more and more people will share. As Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote, “Tomorrow there’ll be more of us.” I have faith that we can create something really special here.

Also as we continue to grow, I’m going to add more (optional) content, including groups that want to focus on specific writing goals, and eventually guest posters and craft conversations with other writers! For now, though, there will continue to be a writing prompt on Mondays and Feedback Fridays at the end of the week.

Feedback Friday

Okay, let’s go! Feedback Friday is the day that we can share our writing, whether in response to Monday’s prompt, a previous Monday’s prompt, or whatever else you’ve been working on. Feedback Fridays are behind a paywall, to protect our privacy and our writing’s privacy, but everyone who subscribes gets a one-month complimentary upgrade so you can try it out. And if you need more time you can always let me know.