Write Mindfulness is a free resource for writers who want to build a sustainable creative practice — one that doesn’t require self-destruction, constant external validation, or glorifying the grind.
It’s designed for autodidactic writerly inquiry. Wait, what? Let me use real words: there’s a self-taught element to the writing life that cannot be ignored or denied. It’s foundational. This project is rooted in that understanding, and yet it can also be a gateway to other kindred spirits who are doing the self-directed work of feeding the Creative Spirit.
You can use these materials on your own, share them with friends, or form your own writing community around them. And everything below is free. Always.
What You’ll Find Here
The Guide
A DIY manual for writing for the right reasons. Download the free PDF and use it however it serves your practice.
The Course
A free 10-week self-directed course in generative creativity. Work through it at your own pace, repeat it as often as you like, adapt it to your needs.
Podcast + Videos
Musings on craft, creativity, and sustainable practice. Plus presentations and tutorials on specific topics like pre-writing, revision, and finding your creative rhythm.
Resources + Reading
Reading lists, prompts, essays, and tools to support your creative work.
Newsletter
Subscribe to receive monthly craft thoughts, generative prompts, and invitations to engage with your Creative Spirit. (Use the subscribe button in the lower righthand corner of this page to choose newsletter-only or all updates.)
How to Use This
If you’re working alone:
Start with the guide. Then jump into the course whenever you’re ready. Use what serves you, ignore what doesn’t.
If you want community:
Form a writing group with friends and work through the materials together. Or subscribe to connect with others doing this work.
If you want facilitated support:
I so also offer paid workshops that adapt this material for groups — with structure, feedback, and guidance. But the core philosophy is the same: sustainable practice over product, process over publication, making things instead of just producing them.
Why “Write Mindfulness”?
Because most creative writing education is pretty broken. It rewards neurosis, feeds impostor syndrome, and treats burnout as a rite of passage.
This is different. It’s grounded in:
- Gratitude over scarcity
- Attention over ambition
- Process over product
- Making things instead of producing them
- Personal sovereignty over external validation
I’m a recovering MFA. I spent decades in the creative writing industrial complex before I had to course-correct or risk becoming the Gollum version of a creative writing teacher.
This project is what I built instead — for myself and for anyone else who wants a healthier relationship with their creative work.
The Gift Exchange
I produce so much free “content” here because I believe in Lewis Hyde’s notion of creativity/art as a gift economy — art (and teaching) as gifts that circulate, not as commodities to hoard.
If these resources serve you and you want to give back:
- Subscribe to receive updates (newsletter-only or all posts)
- Share the materials with other writers
- Consider working with me if you need facilitated support
- Tell someone else about this work
But there’s no paywall. No premium tier. No “unlock the full course for $97!”
Just resources for writers who want to build something sustainable.
Ready to start?
→ Download the Guide
→ Begin the Course
→ Listen to the Podcast
→ Subscribe for updates (use the Subscribe button on this page)
Questions?
Email me at tj@tjbman.me