When I first started writing, I felt like Jo March up in the garret scribbling furiously–but never showing my words to anyone. When I first started blogging, no one knew about RSS feeds or email subscriptions. I was literally sending my posts out into the nameless void.

After a few years virtually offline, I reentered the blogging world. And I discovered community.

It was then I learned that the people who write together, grow together. (Click to Tweet)

The team of writers at Kindred Grace has taught me what fellowship and grace look like together. The bloggers in my mastermind group have kept me aiming high while teaching me the importance of going deeper. And the local writers who meet me for coffee have taught me how life and faith intersect with writing and how to balance them all.

Together we preview each other’s posts that we’re scared to publish. Sometimes all we need is a fresh set of eyes, the keen insight of someone who knows what we really meant to say and how we could say it better.

Together we cheer when someone publishes an eBook or has a post that goes viral. And then we share our secrets and the lessons we’ve learned.

Together we commit to crazy dares like blogging for 31 Days about one topic. And then we keep each other accountable to see it through.

Alone we might give in to fear and give up. But together we press on, learning and growing together. (Click to Tweet)

{Inspired by the Five Minute Friday Prompt “Together”}