Hi, I'm Ariana,
And I believe having a writing community is the most important part of the writing process. Offering virtual co-writing sessions is my attempt at creating a sustainable long-term space for writers to make time to write, encourage each other, and share frustrations and wins along the way.
I offer four live co-writing sessions a month as part of a monthly membership on Patreon starting at $8 per month. But you'll want to sign up for the higher tiers to access the archive of 31 writing workshop recordings, recorded lectures and performances of mine, artist resources, and more. This is my most affordable offering. because I want you to have a long-term writing process.
The perks of the Digital Writing Community
Depending on the amount you pledge each month, you'll receive access to:
- Four co-writing sessions per month to keep you accountable to your writing goals with gentle encouragement, body doubling, and time to commiserate about the writing process.
- Archive of 31 writing workshop recordings focused on poetic craft & storytelling, complete with agendas, readings, prompts, writing time, and additional recommended readings
- Artist resources such as a winning artist grant sample, publishing resources, and monthly writing tips
- Archive of reading recommendations curated by Ariana focusing on writers of color in multiple genres
- Discounts on Ariana's upcoming classes
- Archive of writing tips to improve your writing process & help you be kinder to yourself
- Access to the archive of 15+ lectures and Q&As with writers like you (called community chats) in which Ariana provides practical advice for the writing process
- Access to Ariana's earliest poetry chapbooks, digitized and available for download
- Sneak peeks of Ariana's upcoming writing projects & never-before-seen lectures, performances, & poems by Ariana
Who will benefit most from Ariana’s Digital Writing Community?
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Writers who struggle to call themselves “writers”
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Writers who feel excluded from traditional literary spaces
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Writers who can’t seem to find the time to work on creative writing projects
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Writers seeking accountability and a values-aligned supportive community
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Writers interested in prioritizing PROCESS over PRODUCT
What else should I know about this?
In addition to the 4 co-writing sessions a month, the Digital Writing Community used to consist of monthly workshops, community chats, writing tips, and a quarterly open mic. Starting in August 2026, Ariana stopped offering all of the live events except the 4 co-writing sessions per month, but the archive of all the recordings and resources lives on.
The Details
Cost: $8-45 per month, depending on your chosen tier. View all membership tiers here.
Schedule: Co-writing sessions take place on Mondays from 1pm-2:30pm CST and Sundays from 11:30am-1pm CST, usually on the 2nd and 4th Monday and Sunday of the month.
Who's Involved: Ariana leads all co-writing sessions (& facilitated all 31 writing workshops in the archive) curates every resource on the Patreon. Live Zoom events are usually pretty intimate (we've never had more than 12 members on a single live Zoom event, though there are over 100 members in the community). Most members are LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, non-MFA writers, and writers of color with busy schedules who are just trying to make time for writing when they can.
Focus: The Digital Writing Community was originally designed for poets, as poetry is Ariana's primary genre. Writing workshops are generative and focus on learning craft skills from poetry (and sometimes literary fiction or creative nonfiction). The community has grown to include members who write plays, novels, essays, and zines, but most resources and workshops focus on what we can learn from poetry.
Sample Writing Workshop
Check out this free sample workshop (readings + prompts included) I offered in July 2025 to get a taste of my teaching style and the vibes of the community. This workshop theme was Listening to Our Bodies, based on an excerpt from the poetry collection blood sugar canto by Mexican American poet ir'ene lara silva.
Our conversation revolved around invisible illnesses and disability, how certain illnesses are made inevitable by oppressive societies, how to make peace with our bodies, and how to recover relationships with food, our bodies, and each other that were taken from us by colonizing forces.
What members say about their experience
"Ariana's Digital Writing Community provided me with a space to nerd out with other writers about what we created! This community has been elemental in gifting my inner artist permission to re-emerge."
- Nick George, member since Jan 2025
"In the co-writing sessions, I'm able to show up as exactly I am, connect with other writers, & steadily chip away at whatever it is I need to work on for my writing practice on any given day, whether I'm generating work, editing, or doing the dreaded admin of it all. I love the feeling of camaraderie that I always experience, & how attending the sessions regularly over time has really helped heal my shame around my inconsistency when it comes to valuing my writing practice."
- Loma, member since April 2023
"Working with Ariana and her Patreon community allowed me to see my writing as a practice, and enabled me to find the joy in creating again. Since becoming active with Ariana's Patreon community, I have completed several flash fiction pieces and one traditional short story, all of which I am currently working to polish for submission in the near future."
- Keisha, member since May 2023
Gift a Membership
If you know someone who wants to dedicate more time to their creative writing practice or take a class with me but isn't sure where to start, gift them a membership to the Digital Writing Community! You can select any tier you'd like, though keep in mind that different tiers come with different perks.
You'll want the $8/mo. tier if your gift recipient only wants access to monthly co-writing sessions.
You'll want the $20/mo. tier if your gift recipient wants access to monthly co-writing sessions, the archive of 31 recorded writing workshops, and additional perks.
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Email questions about the digital writing community to [email protected]. Ariana will be in touch to let you know if this is the right place for your writing needs.
