Writing Under
the Influence
NYC
Join us for community, commiseration, collaboration and a lot of laughter.
The Prompts
December 9, 2025
We update these weekly, so you always have a fresh start.
Prompt 1
- Imagine you make sushi using rice that has been used to dry out a submerged phone. How is the sushi? What happens? (Inspired by restaurant concept created by WUTI Photographer Andy Bisdale!)
Prompt 2
- Isolate one thing that you frequently say (or think) about yourself — positive or negative. How does this assertion make you feel? What evidence do you have that you are this thing? Do you think it will ever change? What does believing this thing say about you? (Thanks to WUTI host Nicole Graney!)
Prompt 3
- You wake up from a nap one afternoon in an apartment that isn’t your own. Nothing looks familiar, including the view from out of the singular window you can find. Suddenly the doorknob jiggles violently; someone is trying to get in. What happens next? (Thanks to longtime WUTI member Charlotte Leinbach!)
How it works
We write together in 20-minute sprints, starting at 7:30 p.m. Between sprints, we take 20-minute breaks to relax, drink and meet other writers. Running late? No worries — there are agendas at each table that can guide you on which phase of the evening you're arriving to.
Where to go
Contact
Jon Rose, Cici Betsill & Nicole Graney. Contact us via direct message at @writingundertheinfluencenyc on Instagram or on meetup.com