Pondering a Solarpunk Writing Group

Lately, both my thoughts and Ariel’s have turned to what to do for the Solarpunk Action Week that will be kicking off on Earth Day. She’s got tons of super ideas for her actions, but, so far, the only solarpunk thing I can think of to do that would be more than just stuff I do anyway, would be to kick off a solarpunk writing group. Call it The Solarpunk Writing Group, maybe, although that smacks most unsolarpunkly of exclusivity.

Whatever. The point is that I am now enthusiastic about kicking off a solarpunk writing group during Solarpunk Action Week that would meet online (over, say, Zoom). But to do that, I NEED YOU. Or at least enough of you to fill up a writing group.

I’m hoping that the number of people who commented on the hero's journey just needs to end already post means that there are lots of you out there who’d be interested in joining a solarpunk writing group… for whatever you’re writing… fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and whatever else there is that qualifies as writing.

If you’re interested in joining a solarpunk writing group, drop me a comment on this post.

In fact, tell me more than that you’re interested. Because, not only am I trying to figure out if there is enough interest to found a solarpunk writing group, I’m also trying to figure out how often to meet, for how long, and what would the structure be. This, of course, depends upon what YOU want out a writing group.

Would you want meetings that are just quiet time to work? Would you want meetings where I’d provide writing prompts or other exercises? Or would you want just to meet so we can all read our work out loud and give each other encouragement (here’s what is good about the work) or perhaps even constructive criticism (here’s how the work could be improved)?

Once I figure out if there are enough people for a writing group, what the meetings would be like, and how often we would meet, then we can sort out the trickier issue of when we would meet.

So, please, let me know in the comments if you’re interested and what you’d be looking for in a solarpunk writing group that would kick off during Solarpunk Action Week (and then keep going)!