Welcome to The Lab, a monthly accountability and coaching program designed to spark your creativity, draw you to the page, and keep you writing. It doesn’t matter your genre or level of experience, The Lab is about being in community with other writers online, both in real time and asynchronously, and committing to your art. The Lab is a place to experiment and play, form friendships with other artists, and develop your ideas from inception to final draft.

Here’s how The Lab works

Don’t write alone – You get access to weekday silent writing sessions via Zoom hosted by Brian Gresko, from 8-10am Eastern Time
Generate new ideas – Each month, join Jiordan Castle on Zoom for Power Hour, a generative writing session guaranteed to inspire; these sessions will be recorded if you can’t make it in real time
Find Mentorship – Each month, join Brian Gresko on Zoom for The Creative Accomplice, a q&a kvetch sesh about writing and publishing; these sessions will be recorded if you can’t make it in real time
Build community – You have access to Writing Co-Lab’s Discord server, where writers connect, chat, and share resources
Experience gentle guidance via weekly emails of inspiration
Present your work at a quarterly open mic session on Zoom

The Lab is a new program for Writing Co-Lab, and we’re prototyping it this fall in two month long sessions:

October 13th to November 7th; $50

November 10th to December 5th; $50

Please note that there are no writing zoom sessions on Thanksgiving or Black Friday

Or sign up for both at the discounted rate of $90

Meet The Lab’s Facilitators

Jiordan Castle is the author of Disappearing Act, a memoir in verse, and the chapbook All His Breakable Things. Her work has appeared in HuffPost, The New Yorker, The Rumpus, Taco Bell Quarterly, and elsewhere. She is a contributor to the LA-based food and culture magazine Compound Butter. Originally from New York, she currently lives in Philadelphia with her husband and their dog.

Brian Gresko (he/they) is the author of You Must Go On: 30 Inspirations on Writing & Creativity. Their work has appeared in Poets & Writers Magazine, Slate, The Atlantic, The Rumpus, and many other publications. They are a co-founder and co-director of Writing Co-Lab.