Periagoge
Scenario

How to navigate when your writing group becomes too supportive to be useful

Our writing group has been meeting for two years and we've stopped giving each other real feedback—everything is 'beautiful' and 'powerful' but our work isn't getting better. We all know it but nobody wants to be the one to break the supportive atmosphere we've built, so we're stuck in this loop of kind encouragement that helps no one.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The very safety that enables vulnerability has calcified into a protection that prevents growth.

Your guide for this
Mura
Mura works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The writing life?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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