About us
You don’t need something to say before you sit down to write. Sometimes the writing is how you find it.
This is an Austin gathering for people who want to use writing to explore, play, surprise themselves, and connect. Maybe you write all the time. Maybe you haven’t written anything just for yourself in years. You’re welcome either way.
Inspired by the Amherst Writers & Artists approach, our gatherings make room for first drafts without editing or critique. I bring the prompts. We write together, then anyone who wants to can read something aloud. Sharing is always optional. Nothing needs to be polished, finished, or particularly sensible.
You’ll find different kinds of gatherings here: women’s writing circles, co-ed writing salons, letter writing to our children, and other ideas as they come to life. Each event will clearly say who it’s for.
Come for a little creative play, time with yourself, or the pleasure of hearing what comes out of a room full of different minds.
Hosted by Rena, founder of House of Her - a home for creative gatherings rooted in play, curiosity, and connection.
Upcoming events
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A Women’s Writing Circle
Analog Room, 1511 E 6th St, Austin, TX 78702, USA, Austin, TX, USI wanted a place to write alongside other women where the words could be messy, surprising, unfinished. So I’m creating one, and you’re invited.
Please secure your seat through Luma here.
Bring a notebook, a pen you love, and whatever version of yourself shows up that day. Guided prompts get our pens moving, then we follow whatever shows up. Read aloud if you choose, and hear what moved someone.**Cheese, crackers, strawberries, coffee/tea, and chocolates will be provided.*
***Additional drinks and snacks available to purchase.*
What to Expect:7:00pm - Welcome. Introductions and group agreements
7:15pm - Warm up. A short opening prompt and optional sharing
7:35pm - Round 1. A longer prompt, optional reading, affirmative responses
8:10pm - Break.
8:20pm - Round 2. Another writing-and-sharing round
8:55pm - Close
Our Six Agreements:
Inspired by Pat Schneider’s Amherst Writers & Artists Method- We write by hand. We spend enough of our lives looking at screens. Here, we put pen to paper and give our words a little more time and attention.
- Your words are yours. Write what you want. Take the prompt wherever it leads you, or somewhere else entirely. Share a paragraph, the whole piece, or nothing at all. You decide.
- Let the words speak. If you share, begin with the writing. No backstory, explanations, or apologies needed. Your words don’t need an introduction.
- Reflect what resonates. We name what we loved: an image, a phrase, a feeling that lingered. We help each other hear what’s already working. No critique, corrections, questions, or unsolicited advice allowed.
- It stays in the room. We hold each other’s words in confidence. The stories shared here belong to the people who wrote them.
- It’s all fiction. We meet each piece as a story, without assuming it’s autobiographical. We speak about “the narrator” and let the writer’s life remain their own.
Hosted by Rena, founder of House of Her, a home for creative gatherings rooted in play, curiosity, and connection.
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