i'm probably wrong (and that's okay maybe good even???)

batwrites today and tomorrow cya there

big ups to Zach and the crew at Create.Repeat who made this image. All their stuff is awesome go check it out right now

I interviewed Joan Westenberg yesterday for Sublime’s “how creatives use AI” series (more deets soon!) and one part just about blew my s*cks off.

Alex: How are you so sure your way is the right way?

Joan: I’m not. I’m sure it’s the wrong way. And that’s okay.

Well I’ll be.

There it is, plain as daniel day lewis himself:

The answer isn’t trying to be right, it’s admitting you’re almost certainly wrong.

I get real life bumps of the goose thinking about this. It’s so obvious, so plain to see, but so elusive!

To be wrong is to be excluded. Ridiculed. Hated.

Then let em hate! Let em exclude. Heck if they’re still looking for stuff to do, let em ridicule too.I don’t much care.

Or at least I’m willing to act as if I don’t care. For a little while. As a treat.

Because what’s the alternative? Keep trying to be right and feel miserable unless I am? That’s not fun!

Here’s a couple graphs I paid scientists to make:

now here’s the graph where I’m okay with being wrong:

I think that just about settles it. Being right is out. Being wrong is in. Be wrong and feel the rain on your skin.

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Wanna be wrong together?

Cool. Batwrite is today and tomorrow and I’d love to see you there:

• 🗓️ Mon August 18, 4-6p est - BATWRITE #023

• 🗓️ Tue August 19, 1-3p est - BATWRITE #024

And we’ve got a full week of sessions next week:

• 🗓️ Mon August 25, 4-6p est - BATWRITE #025 ✍️

• 🗓️ Tue August 26, 2-4p est - BATWRITE #026 ✍️

• 🗓️ Wed August 27, 4-6p est - BATWRITE #027 ✍️

• 🗓️ Thu August 28, 3-5p est - BATWRITE #028 ✍️

• 🗓️ Fri August 29, 2-4p est - BATWRITE #029 ✍️

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wait 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.

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.

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

what real life good people are saying about it

“A gentle way to show up and write the thing (even if it’s just a whisper of a thing).”

— Niha

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

— Anonymous

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

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Debbie Weil

“A delightful cacophony of humor and seriousness.”

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Seth Werkheiser

“A playful, energizing meetup to find community and shake loose the cobwebs.”

— Anonymous

“A fun, welcoming, and low-pressure invitation to take your writing seriously—without taking yourself too seriously.”

— Eri (

Erika Zeitz

)

“As I slowly attempt to filter decades of life through writing, BATWRITE is becoming a sieve that works.”

— Anonymous