Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! This is your friendly Social Media Team coming at you with this year's Writing Crawl Schedule! Brought to you by our friends (formerly) of Flint, there are 5 locations over 15 hours in which to rack up that progress, so come on out and join us!

Don't forget! This Saturday is Boot Camp! Where you WILL be writing for forty minute sprints and wondering if your fingers will still be attached to your hands afterward. It's so much fun! 🥰

Apologies for the delay, but here's the schedule for WEEK TWO of the Frenzy!

The Night Owl Event is tonight on Zoom at 10pm-1am! Join us! For more info go to: firstdraftdetroit.org/events/

Front Load First Weekend is tomorrow! Come join us for our first event of the Frenzy season and get 6 hours of writing and yapping in! As well as delicious drinks and food. And don't forget to join the team championship! firstdraftdetroit.org/team-champio...

It's almost time for the November Frenzy! Here's a list of all of the Scribbles and Events happening the first week. Get detailed locations from our calendar. firstdraftdetroit.org/events/

This November I'm writing with @firstdraftdetroit.bsky.social ! Every November FDD does a "Frenzy" where you join one of three themed teams or ride solo, set a personal goal, and try to meet it by the end of the month! The theme this year is Anishinaabe inspired constellations! I'm on team "Lynx".⭐🐈

Don't forget this Sunday we're meeting at the Detroit Art Institute to do some mingling and gazing at the beautiful art!

Hi! #WeeknightWriters, I'm Dae Storm! I write erotic romance in various genres, usually queer, and I'm currently working on a trans-masc m/m dark romance, as well as plotting a m/m fantasy romance for a collection I'm hosting.

Working on a story plot idea for November. I’m using the Rough Draft Challenge planner from Sarra Cannon of Heart Breathings, and I’m plotting this to write it during @firstdraftdetroit.bsky.social’s First Draft Frenzy! November is SOON, oh my GOODNESS aaaa #writing #plotting

Come one, come all! Join us for both the event to Kick Off the November 2025 Frenzy, and a meet-and-greet to get to know your fellow Drafters and have some delicious ice cream after the kick off event. #detroitwriters #detroitcreatives #authors #artists

Join us for a day of art, history, and mingling at the Detroit Institute of Arts on October 26th! First Draft Detroiters are going to see the Anishinaabe art exhibit!

Our Game Day, Bake Sale, and Silent Auction event this past Saturday went swimmingly! Not only did even more people show up than last year, but together we raised EVEN MORE MONEY! Between all forms of collection, before and during the event, we raised a total of $1,423! Thank you so much!

I played my very first ever tabletop rpg at the @firstdraftdetroit.bsky.social gaming fundraiser yesterday! And our team successfully ruined the wedding of Yzma and Commander Rourke from Atlantis. So... I guess I'm a gamer now! 😎

Wizards, Cemeteries, and Baldur's Gate! Three more TTRPG games you can pre-reg for the #TTRPG (and board game) game day this Saturday! firstdraftdetroit.org/game-day/

Looking for something noob friendly? These are three more #TTRPG games that are available to play at FDD's Game Day on Saturday!! #Magical School, #Fairytale, or #Horror #Western, we'd got you! Pre-reg here: firstdraftdetroit.org/game-day/

Here's the 2nd and 3rd games of sooo many games that you can play at Game Day on Saturday! Are you looking for noob friendly #ttrpg games? we got you!

Don't forget, Game Day is this Saturday and there's tons of games for you to play! We'll be posting about them all week long so stay tuned. Pre-register here: firstdraftdetroit.org/game-day/

Don't forget the TTRPG game day, bake sale, and silent auction that we're hosting this month! September 27th, at Gatekeeper Games in Berkley. 👀🎲🐲

The Midway Midway Madness event went wonderfully! We were led in sprints by the loudest of all (Erin), and every auction item found a home! If you're hoping for another FDD event soon, you're in luck! Keep an eye out for information about September 27th! 👀 firstdraftdetroit.org #writingcommunity

Cover done, editing nearly done! Looking to upload to patreon tomorrow! So excited to hear what you all think of it. #manga #anime #comics #graphicnovel #writer #fantasy #dnd #ink #digitalart #author #art #artist #artwork #indiebooks #kidslit

We totally relate to this. The intention is always to shave words, but somehow more are added! 🤯 #writingcommunity #writesky #authorsky

Two types of authors: Those who wake up to write at 6am and those who are still awake writing at 6am. Which one are you? #WritingBSky #WritingCommunity #AuthorsOfBSky

7. First line of Lost City: It was pure coincidence that Hedy was sitting in the Wilds when a woman appeared from nothing. #FantasyIndiesJuly #writingcommunity #writesky

Crying Werewolf was inspired by brooding purity culture vampire man trope. I love that trope, but I wondered what it might be like to write someone leaving a toxic relationship with a vampire and meeting a hot werewolf in the woods who gives them what they deserve. ❤️‍🔥 #SapphicBooks #MonsterRomance

The schedule for the second week of #SummerFrenzy! Join us all week for more Scribbles, and then at the Dovetail on Saturday for Midway Midway! There will be writing, games, and a Suddenly Auction! If you're making an item for it, make sure you bring it Saturday!

We've got a mini Summer Frenzy going on! Events 6 days a week for the next two weeks! Come hang with us and kick-start your creativity! 📝🧶🎨✂️ #firstdraftdetroit #firstdraftfrenzy #summerminifrenzy #community #creativesofdetroit #metrodetroit #detroitcreatives

The 2 Week Summer Frenzy has started! (Yesterday, whups.) The Challenge/Leaderboard is available on both TrackBear: trackbear.app/leaderboards... Pacemaker: www.pacemaker.press/users/OwenBo... You can use both, either, or none; but feedback will help decide which is used in the future!

The kick-off picnic for the Summer Frenzy is today at 10:30am at Starr Jaycee Park in Royal Oak! All creatives welcome! This year we will be trying out TrackBear for our challenge goal tracking, alongside PaceMaker which we have used before. Feedback will decide which we stick with! Links soon!

Saturday! Saturday! Saturday! Be there or be square! 👀 The Kick-Off Picnic is THIS Saturday June 28th at 10:30am. It's a potluck! Bring dishes, snacks, drinks, or just yourself! Everyone is welcome.

I just finished reading Di-Curious and it was super cute and very fun The MC plays dnd, so not only is there a lot of dnd talk, but they even play on page! As a dnd player myself, that was REALLY enjoyable It's also queer af, which is always good lol #booksky💙📚 #DiCurious #QueerBookSky #DndBook

Happy Autistic Pride Day to Emerson Miller. I have been blown away by the love for Make the Play. Thank you all for loving him, for showing the world that autisitc joy and love are worth celebrating. To all my autistics, diagnosed & self diagnosed, you are loved. #queerbooksky #mmromance

Another book for pride! Check out We Used To Live Here by Marcus Kliewer for some good horror mystery escapism. #BookSky #PrideMonth

This was truly a battle with my current manuscript #writing

Pride Month Book Recs - Part 1! It is so important to highlight LGBTQ and BIPOC own-voice authors—not just in Pride Month, but all year long. #booksky #queerbooksky #mmromance #indieauthor #newbook 🌈📚

9. This is definitely the mood of the novel, though Hedy's autistic self is less openly yearning. What it doesn't capture is just how much studying Hedy had to do to master her magic, and how much math and meterology was involved. #FantasyIndiesJune #writingcommunity #writesky

For our second book of pride month, check out Somewhere Beyond The Sea by TJ Klune. 🥰

Are you one of First Draft Detroit's creative crafters? If so, consider donating to our Suddenly Auction where handmade items by you (or friends) featuring our beloved Suddenly (and dino friends) will be auctioned off! Your creation will go to a good home and help us at FDD continue the good work.

Do you like sapphic fantasy romance with cozy cottage vibes? You might like Honey Witch, by Sydney J. Shields! 👀

27. The move from Empire to Commonwealth was largely peaceful b/c the Schism took up most of England's resources. One of the first things to come from Elsewhere was a plague-like illness that exanguinated victims. It's called the Leeching Sickness. #MayWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #writesky

The News is out! We're having a first draft summer frenzy this June into July, and we're kicking off the event with a picnic on June 28th!

Save the date 🤫🫣💞 #booksky #writers #drafters #FDD

This Wednesday (tomorrow) is the first of two monthly Scribbles at Dessert Oasis in Ferndale! Join us at 4:30pm for: Dorky yapping Delicious noms and hot bev's The occasional pupper spotting Maybe some creating if we can shut up (we can't) Queer friendly vibes

This Friday is April's "Final Friday" Scribble at The Office Coffee Shop in Royal Oak. April 25th at 5pm! Great food, and great company! Whether you're writing, drawing, crocheting, painting, or just want to hang out and chat with some fellow creatives, you're welcome to come!

Announcing the second and third of our four monthly events, a bi-monthly Scribble on the first and third Wed of every month. Come write with us at Dessert Oasis! Bring your WIPs and your amazing faces, and we'll be there.

I participated with First Draft Detroit (an independent offshoot of that one November writing org) and had a great time. Being indie allowed people to participate and compete in a lot of different ways (one person was even painting) and still get nice creative community. 10/10 will draft again

If you missed TGIO, here's the team championship winner announcement and stats! Congrats Team Swamp Monster and good job everyone!

If you participated in First Draft Frenzy this November, help us out by filling out this survey so we can keep improving! forms.gle/wm8PvBFVhPQ3...

This Friday we're doing a Write-In Crawl traveling between Warren and Royal Oak to get a heck ton of writing done!! Join us!!