Hot, cool, well-read people.
Hotter, smarter, more confident. Most algorithms are built to keep you scrolling; this one is built to make you better. In your first 30 days you read a book with the club, write 5,000 words of your own, and make a World to keep them in.
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Today’s drop
Find a sentence in something you have written — finished or unfinished — that you cannot fully explain. Write it down here. What do you think it knows?
From The draft that knows too much. Members answer it in their journal or on their World. 1 answer so far.
From members’ Worlds
Picked by HQ
shop pieceWhat is on the other side…
by Kelinde · Oakland,CA
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The map
Everything has a story.
Every place on the Hot Literati map comes with the story behind it. Who opened it, what happened there, why it matters. Told by Wikipedia, by owners, and by members.
Your founding month.
Amory plans it with you. Thirty days, wherever you are.
Week 1
Begin
Amory plans your month: the book you’ll read, the thing you’ll make, your pace.
Week 2
Practice
Three writing sessions, on your own or alongside other members.
Week 3
Make
5,000 words in any form. Novel, screenplay, play, poems, essays, notes.
Week 4
Share
Publish to your World and finish the book you’re reading.
Founding pricing ends October 31
$12.99 a month. Founding price for as long as you stay. 952 of 1,000 founding spots left.
After October 31, membership is $17.99 a month or $149 a year.
Free without joining: going to events, reading the blog, browsing Worlds, and tracking your reading.
The book club.
Members nominate books. Members vote. We all read the winner together through the month, and finish with one live meeting.
Organize anything.
Anyone can organize. List a reading, a salon, a workshop or a launch. Sell tickets and keep 95%. Every event is open to everyone, and it shows up on your city’s chapter page.
From the journal.
The daily drops and essays, each with a question to answer.
The draft that knows too much
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The sentence you cannot finish
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Made by members.
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Kelinde read for 10 hr 45 minSan Francisco, today