​WHAT IS BATWRITE?

​Part coworking party, part deranged powerpoint presentation, BATWRITE is unpretentious structured writing time with your favorite creatives.

​Come for Alex’s weirdly useful prompts, stay for whatever voodoo makes everyone actually get their stuff done. 

​You might not do what you planned, but you’ll do something. And that ain’t nothing.

​WHAT HAPPENS AT BATWRITE?

​Step 1: ~15 minutes of deranged yet inspiring powerpoint slides from one Alex Dobrenko. Includes prompts! Sometimes a guest!

​Step 2: Share with the group what you’re gonna work on (optional)

​Step 3: ~45 mins of doing stuff while some ambient background music plays

​Step 4: Quick break and check-in. You good? You doing stuff?

​Step 5: Another ~45 mins of doing stuff

​Step 6: Final check-in to share how doing stuff went. 

​WHAT PPL ARE SAYING ABOUT BATWRITE

​“It’s a playful, energizing meetup to find community and explore your writing (plus break down the barriers keeping you from writing).”

​“A delightful cacophony of humor and seriousness, of intrigue and support.”

​“I’m getting used to the rhythm. I’m writing and thinking, which is currently very satisfying. Structure is returning to my day.”

​"Fun, relaxed, a little crazy, but the dedicated two hours to write are great for us procrastinators.”

​“Having community in the Zoom-room, telling people what I’m going to do and then doing it…helps me DO THE THING! Wonderful.”

​“I told my partner I had just finished a writing group and it was fun and the people were lovely, the music was good and unexpected and different than I would have chosen and that was unexpectedly helpful and I’d gotten something going I’d been sidling around for years and it felt practically effortless.”

​“I learned how much easier it is for me to write first drafts of things when I’m in a collective of people and the momentum is there. I learned how much I’ve been putting off trying to be perfect on the first go and how good it feels to just draft and know I can refine later.”

​“A gentle way to show up and write the thing (or don’t write the thing). A reminder that you are not a machine and being in creative community is awesome.”

​“A soft landing spot to rest your bones, align your guts, wrestle with your thoughts, and usually produce great work.”

​“I took advantage of the co-writing time to work on a letter to a beloved former teacher. I feel I’m able to be vulnerable with this group and that helps me take risks in my writing.”

​“As I slowly attempt to filter decades of life experience to find some nuggets of wisdom and observations to leave for my kids I appreciate the buzz I get in BATWRITE. It feels a lot like those moments after a fine dinner, the second cocktail arrives and the speedy give and take conversation ensures a good belly laugh.”

​"If you want to write, or hang out with some writers and artists and you like lighthearted, humorous discussions, advice on a stack issue—it is all of that and more.”

​“There are SO MANY people also trying to write who want to talk about writing and who basically will do anything to AVOID writing especially if it means meeting and hanging out with other writers. :)"