Inkbound Writer's Club
Inkbound Writer’s Club is a community for writers who believe every story begins somewhere, even if that somewhere is a half-finished draft, a chaotic notebook, or one stubborn sentence.
We’re brought together by a shared love of writing, storytelling, creativity, and the desire to keep moving forward.
Writers of all genres, experience levels, and publishing paths are welcome. Whether you’re working on a novel, short story, poetry collection, memoir, screenplay, fanfiction, or simply experimenting with words, there is a place for you here.
This club is about writing alongside one another, exchanging thoughtful feedback, brainstorming through difficult scenes, improving our craft, sharing resources, celebrating progress, and helping unfinished ideas become finished work.
You don’t have to be published.
You don’t have to write every day.
You just have to keep coming back to the page.
Write boldly. Learn constantly. Stay Inkbound.
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Discussions
Asking for Help
By LaRae Pynas · English
You’ll usually get better brainstorming help if you give everyone a little context. Try: Genre: What I’m writing: What has happened so far: What I know needs to happen: Where I’m stuck: What I’ve already considered: What I definitely do NOT want to change: That last one matters. If the murder must happen at the lighthouse, tell us. If two characters absolutely cannot end up together, tell us. If your dragon is staying whether anyone likes him or not, the dragon stays. Boundaries help people brainstorm with your story instead of rewriting it as their own.
What Belongs in The Plotting Room?
By LaRae Pynas · English
Bring us questions about: • plot structure • character arcs • motivations • conflict • stakes • pacing • subplots • twists and reveals • beginnings and endings • sagging middles • foreshadowing • timelines • story logic • scene order • worldbuilding • magic systems • fictional societies • relationships between characters • titles and story concepts • connecting scattered ideas • deciding what should happen next And yes, “I have an idea but I don’t know what it is yet” is a perfectly valid plotting problem.
Welcome to The Plotting Room.
By LaRae Pynas · English
This is where ideas get untangled. Bring your plot holes, character problems, worldbuilding questions, missing motivations, stubborn middles, possible twists, half-formed concepts, and stories that refuse to connect Point A to Point B. Ask for ideas, brainstorm with other writers, or help someone else see a possibility they may have missed. You don’t need to have the answer before you enter. That’s what the room is for.
Inkbound Sprint Challenge
By LaRae Pynas · English
Every now and then, we can also run longer club challenges such as: Three Sprints in One Day The 1,000-Word Weekend Finish That Scene Revision Hour Seven Days of Showing Up Midnight Writers Sprint Morning Pages Challenge Participation is always optional.
Sprint Rules
By LaRae Pynas · English
1. Set Your Own Goal: Your goal does not have to be a word count. You might want to: • finish a scene • revise two pages • outline a chapter • write 500 words • solve one plot problem • research a location • edit dialogue • finish a poem • simply stay focused for twenty minutes 2. No Comparing Results Someone writing 1,500 words during a sprint does not mean they had a “better” sprint than someone who wrote 200. Writing speeds vary. Projects vary. Drafting and revision require completely different kinds of work. The purpose is progress, not ranking. 3. Messy Words Are Welcome Sprints are especially useful for escaping perfectionism. The sent…
Pick Your Sprint
By LaRae Pynas · English
Not sure how long to go? Try one of these: ⚡ 10-Minute Dash For breaking through procrastination or squeezing writing into a busy day. ✒️ 20-Minute Sprint Long enough to build momentum without feeling intimidating. ☕ 30-Minute Session A solid focused block for drafting or revision. 🔥 45-Minute Deep Write For when the words are flowing and you want to stay inside the story. 🌙 60-Minute Focus Hour One full hour dedicated to your project. You can sprint for any amount of time you want. These are simply starting points.
Ready. Set. Write.
By LaRae Pynas · English
Writing Sprints are for timed writing sessions, word-count bursts, accountability, and getting words onto the page without overthinking them. Join an existing sprint or start your own. Ten minutes, thirty minutes, an hour, or whatever works for you. Set your goal, start the clock, and come back when time is up to tell us how it went. No minimum word count required. The only competition is with the blinking cursor.
How a Sprint Works
By LaRae Pynas · English
Starting a sprint is simple. Post: ⏱️ Sprint Length: ✒️ What I’m Working On: 🎯 My Goal: 🚦 Starting Now! Anyone who wants to join can jump in. When the sprint ends, come back and post your results. ✅ Sprint Complete Words written: Or work completed: How it went: Next move: Your result might be: 842 words. Or: Revised three pages. Or: Finally figured out why Chapter Six wasn’t working. All of those are wins. [P.S. I write in Word, then copy and paste here; that is how I get bullets and emojis. Hope that helps.]
Welcome to Writing Sprints
By LaRae Pynas · English
Sometimes the hardest part of writing is starting. So here, we start together. Writing Sprints are short, focused writing sessions where you choose a block of time, put distractions aside, and work on whatever your project needs. Drafting. Revising. Outlining. Researching. Editing. Brainstorming. All of it counts.
Keep Coming Back
By LaRae Pynas · English
You don’t have to update every day. You don’t have to maintain a perfect streak. If you disappear from your manuscript for three months and return on a random Tuesday with: “Okay. I’m writing this thing again.” Welcome back. No explanation required.
Progress Is Not a Competition
By LaRae Pynas · English
Word counts can be fun. They can also be spectacularly misleading. One writer may draft 3,000 words while another spends the same afternoon restructuring a chapter, researching a historical detail, revising ten pages, or finding the sentence that finally makes a character click. Different work. Still progress. There is no leaderboard here.
Want an Easy Check-In?
By LaRae Pynas · English
Try this: Project: Genre: Current stage: Today’s goal: Today’s progress: What’s going well: What’s fighting back: Next step: Use the whole thing, part of it, or ignore it completely and update us your own way.
Share Your Progress
By LaRae Pynas · English
Use this channel whenever you want to post: • today’s writing goal • your current word count • chapter or scene progress • something you finally figured out • a new project you just started • an outline update • revision progress • research progress • a finished draft • a project you’re returning to after time away • a tiny victory nobody outside a writing community would understand You do not need a dramatic milestone to post here. Sometimes progress is: “I wrote 2,000 words today.” Sometimes it is: “I finally fixed the conversation that has been bothering me for three weeks.” And sometimes it is: “I opened the document.” All three count.
Currently Writing
By LaRae Pynas · English
This is where Inkbound Writer’s Club keeps its finger on the pulse of the page. What are you working on? A novel? A poem? A short story? A screenplay? A memoir? Chapter seventeen of a manuscript that was supposed to be twenty chapters long but has apparently developed its own plans? Bring it here.
Today's Table Question
By LaRae Pynas · English
There will often be a question, conversation starter, or completely unnecessary writer debate waiting here. So let’s start with one: What are you writing right now, and what is the one thing about it you’re most excited to write?