Necessary Salt by Joy Sullivan

Necessary Salt by Joy Sullivan

Write your obsessions

November Writing Workshop is here!

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Joy Sullivan
Oct 27, 2025
∙ Paid

As a thank you to my paid subscribers, I offer quarterly writing workshops. Autumn workshop details below!

Curated Obsessions: Writing compulsions and fascinations

Autumn workshop for paid Substack subscribers
Tuesday | Nov 18th| 5pm PDT

What we’ll cover:

Ever get stuck trying to figure out what you’re uniquely qualified to write about? What are the ideas and experiences that haunt and bait you? What is the story you truly need to write? Together, we’ll identify our compulsions and fascinations and examine what has driven other authors to the page. After workshop, you’ll walk away with a map of where you write from here.

Together, we’ll learn how to:

  • Map your unique obsessions and discover what you’re qualified to write about

  • Find intersections, gaps, and productive stickiness

  • Examine literary obsessions from famous authors and see how the play on the page

How to join:

  • Limited seats so register early

  • Replay available

  • Paid subscribers, scroll down for the registration link.

  • Free subscribers, get access with the annual Necessary Salt membership. (Subscription for an entire year is 1/2 what I normally charge for a single writing workshop. In addition, paid members get access to all additional upcoming workshops, the entire replay library of past workshops, and my full WOMAN IN THE WORLD essays).

Link below. Hope to see you there!

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