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# Lonely Writer's Club | Statement of Intent

> Statement of Intent. Think about what brought you here. Envision a set of solutions to the personal challenges you may have expressed earlier. Write down what you can see as a concrete outcome that could emerge for your practice from this experience.



I am here because I've struggled with publishing and writing for years and because I always realized that my struggles aren't private, aren't my own... that they are shared.

I have recently started my PhD and was confronted with the challenge of getting used to a very different form of writing than I am used to. However, I saw the value in the principled and rigorous manner of scholarly work and saw that this is something I can gain from. I quickly discovered though what a lonely place thesis writing is. It was when friends started confessing of panick attacks, self-hatred and even suicidal thoughts that I realized that there is soemthing horribly wrong with the atomizing social infrastructre of thesis writing. I propagated to people that I wanted to make a "thesis therapy group" which eventually became more private little sessions I had with friends for them to open up and share their struggles.

Through the expereience I realized that despite the difference in fields and writing styles, people have common struggles when it comes to scholarly writing; weaving together concepts, narrowing down the scope, producing novelty etc. I have been thinking that there is a whole space that is missing in terms of social infrastructures and media for collectivizing scholarly work in a mindful manner.

I am not sure if I am motivated enough to do something in the context of scholarly/academic writing because, honestly, I am not a big fan. But what I am motivated about is creating social contexts and spaces for helping people get to the bottom of their thinking, especially when it comes to intellectually difficult work such as philosophical writing, experimental fiction writng (e.g. theory fiction) and multimedia art.

I am working with some other people on getting a zine going that is based on anticipatory/[hyperstitional](https://www.full-stop.net/2020/10/21/features/essays/macon-holt/hyperstitional-theory-fiction/) writing and art but I think that a combination of a community, publication medium and support circle would be what I am aiming for.

So let's connect, let's vibe, let's just... experiment and see where that leads us.
