Story Hatchery

We'll outwit AI and discover more about ourselves by capturing and crafting our stories. We need a safe place to do that. Enter: Story Hatchery. Let's write. Together.

Welcome to Story Hatchery.

The premise of Story Hatchery is that we need a safe place to crack open our hearts and explore our memories so our stories find their way into this world. Over time we form our personal narrative, revealing who we’ve been and who we’ve become.

Some stories will be ready to share with the world, others will be told but remain private. Those are important to write, as well…perhaps even more important.

Stories take time to develop, mature, take shape, and, in time, “hatch.”

I’ll be doing this work myself. By following along, you’ll read personal stories of what’s made me both the writer and person I am today.

Our Human Advantage

We’ll benefit from hatching stories in so many ways.

One side benefit is that with all the hubbub surrounding AI’s power, it can’t tell our stories.

Those are inside us, waiting to be told.

By capturing and crafting our stories—“hatching” them, let’s say—we stay a step ahead while discovering more about ourselves along the way.

These stories can be our own or we might hear stories we want to preserve from friends, loved ones, or books we read (though I think the most important ones bloom from within).

The more stories we have, the better we can support our ideas—our claims.

Machine learning can’t replace those stories (at least not yet), so they are our human superpower.

And to be honest, I haven’t written enough of my stories.

My excuse? I haven’t had enough safe places over the years to let them take shape, let alone hatch. So I’m creating this space where you and I can do the life-giving work of hatching stories.

Hatching Stories Together

Click subscribe to follow my determination to write in the middle of life, and find ways to write in the middle of your life, too!

• I’ll share prompts I’m using to pull stories out of me

• You’ll witness my process of making lists, taking notes, and writing drafts

• I’ll share versions that hatch for public viewing

My current plan is to publish two or three times a month, including a “finished” piece.

Subscribe to get full access to this project to watch my process.

Work with Ann Kroeker, Writing Coach

In addition to creating a safe haven for hatching stories, I offer coaching resources to support your writing life:

• listen to the Ann Kroeker, Writing Coach podcast

• subscribe to my coaching newsletter where you’ll enjoy ongoing motivation and encouragement to help you become a more curious, creative, and productive writer

• explore ways to work with me via 1:1 coaching options

• check out all the ways we can work together at my Everything page

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Okay, ready to hatch some stories?

Let’s get started.

p.s. Maybe you’d like to experiment with Substack for your own story hatching? Try it.