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How to Die Alone poster (Hulu, 2024)
It Happened One Heist by Shenee Howard, Audible Original cover
PhD dissertation
Defended.
Kasia, protein science
We Are the Luckiest by Laura McKowen, book cover

Written in Flow Club

What will you write here?

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How to Die Alone poster

TV episode

How to Die Alone

The Manicurist's Daughter cover

Memoir

The Manicurist's Daughter

It Happened One Heist cover

Audiobook

It Happened One Heist

Defended.

Dissertation

A PhD, defended

HuffPost essay

Essay

Published in HuffPost

200,000 words

Manuscript

A 200,000-word draft

We Are the Luckiest cover

Next book

Laura McKowen's book three

How to Die Alone poster (Hulu, 2024)

TV episode · Hulu

How to Die Alone, episode 5

Marquita wrote “Trust No One,” an episode of Natasha Rothwell's Hulu comedy. 91% of critics' reviews were positive, and the episode won an NAACP Image Award for its directing.

“The wonderful Flow Club community helped me get through all the reading, writing, and prepping for production.”

Marquita J. Robinson

Marquita J. Robinson

TV writer · Note to Flow Club

The Manicurist's Daughter by Susan Lieu, book cover

Memoir

The Manicurist's Daughter

Susan Lieu's memoir about her mother's death after a botched cosmetic surgery. A Smithsonian best book of the year and a Washington State Book Award finalist.

“I don't think I would have finished my memoir without Flow Club.”

Susan Lieu

Susan Lieu

In Smithsonian Magazine

It Happened One Heist, Audible Original, cover

Audible Original

It Happened One Heist

A full-cast heist adventure led by Amber Riley. 4.4 stars from 951 Audible ratings.

“I wrote it exclusively during Flow Club sessions!”

Shenee Howard

Shenee Howard

Note to Flow Club

PhD dissertation
Defended.
Protein science

Dissertation

A PhD, finished

Kasia, a protein science researcher, finished her PhD.

“Flow Club was the key to keep me focused and motivated over the last several months when I was wrapping up the research part and also writing my dissertation.”

Kasia

Kasia

Note to Flow Club

Marika Páez Wiesen's essay as published on HuffPost, Aug 23, 2024

Personal essay · HuffPost

Published in HuffPost

Marika wrote about her son's ADHD-linked rages and how she learned to respond.

“The essay I wrote and revised over many, many flows was published in the Huffington Post.”

Marika Páez Wiesen

Marika Páez Wiesen

Note to Flow Club

Manuscript
200,000 words
About 800 pages

Book manuscript

A finished manuscript

Pippa is a work-from-home writer who runs her own author business.

“I finished my manuscript, which turned out to be a whopping 200K words (that's about 800 pages)!”

Pippa Kennedy

Pippa Kennedy

Note to Flow Club

We Are the Luckiest by Laura McKowen, coverPush Off From Here by Laura McKowen, cover

Bestselling memoirist · Book three

Laura McKowen's next book

Author of We Are the Luckiest and Push Off From Here. She logs her writing time for book three in Flow Club.

“A friend told me about Flow Club, and I'm hooked.”

Laura McKowen

Laura McKowen

Her newsletter

How a writing session works

Not a critique group. Just a set time to write, with company.

Most writers looking for a group don't need their pages read. They need help sitting down to write.

A Flow Club session: a host and up to 9 people working on camera, with each person's goals listed

Study · Singapore Management University, 2025

Most participants in a university library's weekly write-in sessions said the most valuable part was dedicated, distraction-free writing time.

  1. 1

    Book the time

    Pick a live session from 30 minutes to 3 hours. It goes on your calendar, so there is a time you show up.

  2. 2

    Say what you'll write

    Share one goal with the host at the start. “800 words.” “Revise chapter 4.” “Finish the lit review.” Nobody asks what the book is about.

  3. 3

    Write, cameras on

    Everyone mutes and works intentionally alongside you. Everyone in the room is doing their own focused work.

  4. 4

    Say how it went

    At the end, you share what you got done, even if it's half. Celebrate simply showing up and making time for writing.

A writing group, a course, or Flow Club?

More often than a group. Less than a course costs.

Each one helps with something different. If what you need is time on the page, drafting off the energy of others, that's Flow Club.

Local writing group
Writing course
Flow Club
When it meets
Weekly or every other week
Weekly, for 6 to 10 weeks
Every 15 minutes, day and night
Where
Café, library or Zoom
Classroom or Zoom
From home, virtually
Cost
Often free
$354–$464 a course
$40 a month after 7 free days
Your pages
Shared for critique if you choose
Read by a teacher and classmates
Private
Best for
Meeting local writers
Learning craft
Getting words written

Who's in the room

672+ writers have joined our Writers club.

Novelists, screenwriters, playwrights, poets, journalists, PhD students and newsletter writers, in every time zone. Here are a few of the writers who host sessions.

Annabel Oakes

Screenwriter · Flow Club host

Annabel Oakes

Created Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies for Paramount+. She has also written for Transparent, Atypical and Awkward.

“Flow Club helps me avoid the siren call of internet scrolling and keeps me honest when it comes to my fatal work flaw: tinkering.”

Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies poster
Naomi Alderman

Novelist · Flow Club host

Naomi Alderman

Her novel The Power won the Women's Prize for Fiction and became a Prime Video series. Her new novel, The Strangers, came out in September 2026.

The Power by Naomi Alderman, book cover
Joy

Joy

Author, writing her third book

London

Angelina

Angelina

Novelist, on her second novel

Pittsburgh

Nehprii

Nehprii

Playwright and stage director

Brooklyn

Jeannine

Jeannine

Finishing her PhD thesis

British Columbia

Kay

Kay

Editing her book manuscript

Illinois

Rishani

Rishani

Writer and filmmaker

Sydney

Charlie

Charlie

Writing his first novel

California

Mina

Mina

Academic and author

New York

Amy

Amy

Journalist with a novel to finish

UK

Liz

Liz

Wrote her PhD thesis here

Norway

Kah

Kah

Illustrating her fifth kids' book

Philadelphia

Kat

Kat

Book coach and fiction editor

Portland

Lacey

Lacey

Designer, writing a book

Richmond

Natasha

Natasha

Full-time writer and artist

Montreal

Christy

Christy

Writer and speaker

Phoenix

Danielle

Danielle

Writing a book

New York

Hid

Hid

Lifestyle journalist

Singapore

Sieran

Sieran

Psychotherapist and writer

Toronto

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Questions writers ask

Before you book

How is this different from a local writing group or a writing course?

Local groups and courses usually meet once a week, at a set place and time, and often read each other's pages. Flow Club is online, with a session starting every 15 minutes dedicated to focusing on making steady progress, not reading or critiquing each other's work. It's simply writing time and company.

Can I write with other writers?

Yes. Some hosts run writing-themed sessions, and you can favorite writer hosts to find their sessions first. Most sessions mix writers with people doing other focused work, which works just as well for getting words down.

Is this a critique group?

No. Nobody reads your work or gives notes. You say what you'll work on, you write, and you say how it went.

Will the other people be writers?

Some will be! Sessions are open to all members, who work on all kinds of things. You don't always need others to writing at the same time. You just need them there, working next to you.

Do I have to talk or be on camera?

You say one sentence at the start and one at the end. Camera on helps you feel more present, but it's your call. Chat-only sessions are there for when you'd rather type than speak.

Who are the hosts?

Other members, many of them writers. They welcome everyone, check you in and out to give the session structure, and work alongside you.

What does it cost?

$40 a month or $400 a year, after your 7-day free trial. No credit card needed to start. Full-time students and nonprofit workers get 50% off.

What if I only have 30 minutes?

Book a 30-minute session. It's enough time to get a page down, and an easy way to try Flow Club.

Your next chapter needs a time slot.

Book a session, bring the page you're stuck on, and write while other people work next to you.

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