For people who do language.

Writing in the Dark is a bestselling Substack newsletter & creative community based on Jeannine Ouellette’s beloved workshop by the same name. WITD is a vibrant home for writers & creatives passionate about the nexus of language, art & truth—a place where playful is the portal to the profound & where attention, curiosity, vulnerability & surprise can and do change not just our writing, but our lives.

  • Clear advice, backed up by solid examples—there is a craft book waiting to be written, surely.

    Dinty Moore, editor of Brevity

  • One of Substack’s best writing teachers. The amount of teaching she gives away is unparalleled and all of it should be paywalled, so pay her. Her writing challenges are essential. Basically, her whole Substack is beyond worth the price.

    Sarah Fay, Writers at Work

  • If you are wondering, “is my essay done and ready to submit,” you might use Jeannine’s “11 Urgent & Possibly Helpful Things ” as a yardstick to measure your own work.

    Allison K. Williams, author of Seven Drafts

  • This is the best thing I’ve read all year on creative nonfiction writing. I feel like I took an entire class just reading this! Thank you!

    Bethany Jarmul

  • I read Writing in the Dark with delight, and found your Eleven Points post to be excellent, to the point, and perfect. For me, it was seismic.

    Mercedes Turner

  • I cannot recommend Writing in the Dark highly enough. Every time I read her I come away with deep yet accessible insight.

    Casey Mulligan Walsh