The 18 Somethings Project is a writing adventure to unleash your creativity.
Generate new work. Get creative support. Make inspired progress.
Creativity thrives within a container, especially a flexible one. For 18 days, you’ll write 10 minutes per day on a prompt (we’ll use imagery, sound, text) you’ll receive each morning. In the email, you’ll also find thought-provoking writing advice, reflections, inspiration, books to read, and more.
Caroline and Janet started this project in June 2013, in honor of their Gemini birthday time. Since then, they’ve coordinated a half-dozen editions with hundreds of participants around the world. Our last edition was the Shelter In Place edition, April 5-22, with 315+ people writing together.
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“I started my first original novel as part of an 18 Somethings edition, typing my responses to the prompts while camping on the edge of the crater of Crater Lake. The novel, which became Crater Lake Caravan, touches on many of the themes the project brought out for me. I’ve had the pleasure of making friends and helping others make friends through 18 Somethings. Writing is such a solitary, lonely pursuit most of the time, so projects like this was build intentional and thoughtful communities are vital to all of our spiritual health.”
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