Fat Writing Group

Fat Writing Group is for any plus size person who wants to write! Even if you think you’re not a writer, or a "bad" writer, this group is for you. This group is a space to look inward, tell your story, find your voice, create joy and find healing through writing.

Fat Writing Group is a monthly online event for plus size writers of all experience to begin or deepen their writing practice. 

What to expect: Group size is limited to 25 or less and while these groups often sell out, we typically have 10-15 people attending. 

We go over community guidelines and do introductions. 

Writing themes/prompts are provided. Sometimes I will read a poem or paragraph to inspire us further in our prompt. We write for 3-10 minutes, come back together and share what we wrote. 

Sharing is optional and no/low pressure, as is feedback on your writing. Feedback is typically others in the group commenting on a line or word that stood out in the piece, someone relating to the content of the piece and/or crying! 

This is a pro-crying space as writing is part of many of our healing journeys and sometimes we write about challenging/sad/traumatic experiences. 

We give content warnings before reading any piece that may contain something that could cause emotional harm to others in the group. 

We will sometimes have optional reading material.

Community Guidelines:

Fat Girls Hiking a safer space for fat folks and people who live in marginalized identities. We don’t allow any weight loss talk, diet talk or body shaming at any of our events. Bigotry of any kind is not tolerated in any of Fat Girls Hiking’s spaces in person or online. https://fatgirlshiking.com

Please be mindful of pronouns and note that this group is open to fat folks of all genders! YAY!

May Writing Themes: Rest and Renewal

Inspiration:

Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey

https://thenapministry.com

Writing Down The Bones Deck by Natalie Goldberg

https://www.shambhala.com/writing-down-the-bones-deck.html

When: Saturday, May 11, 1-3pm PST and Sunday, May 12, 1-3pm PST

Both groups will have the same writing prompts. Feel free to join just one of the groups, or both, if you want!

Who: This writing group is facilitated by Summer Michaud-Skog, founder and author of Fat Girls Hiking. Summer (they/she) has been a writer since she was a child, kept a diary as a teenager and now has a degree in Creative Writing. They enjoy journal writing, poetry, nonfiction and memoir. They have been dreaming about being part of a writing community and would love to have you join the Fat Writing Group.

More info about Summer here: https://fatgirlshiking.com/about-us/

Summer’s book: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/summer-michaud-skog/fat-girls-hiking/9781643260396/?lens=timber-press

FGH Merch Queen, Ginamarie, will be moderating the group and supporting us for the event as well!

Where: On Zoom. Eventbrite now has Zoom integration which means you will log into the meeting through Eventbrite’s online event page for this event. To access the online event page, do the following:

Register for the event. Then do ONE of the options below—

Go to the confirmation email and click “View the event.”

Visit the event page and click “Access the event.”

Log into Eventbrite and go to “Tickets.” Find your order and click “Go to online event page.”

What you will need: Writing utensils and paper. I love the act of writing on paper but if you’d rather type on a phone, tablet or laptop or computer, that is totally fine as well!

Pricing is Sliding Scale: Why? Because we believe that financial accessibility is important! You can choose whichever price point meets your budget from $5-25.

Questions? Email Summer at fatgirlshiking@gmail.com