Poetry you'd never show anyone. Stories that came to you at 2am. Observations about the world that felt too weird to post anywhere else. Creative work that deserves to be read - just not with your name on it.
ReadAndGone gives creative writing an audience without the baggage.
Writing Without a Brand
Most places you can share writing online come with expectations. Your name's attached. People know you. There's pressure to be "on brand" or consistent or good enough to justify posting.
Anonymous creative writing is different. Nobody knows if this is your first poem or your hundredth. Nobody's comparing it to your previous work. Nobody's judging whether you're "allowed" to call yourself a writer.
You just write something and release it into the world. A stranger reads it. That's the whole transaction.
What People Share
Creative expression on ReadAndGone is pretty varied:
- Poetry - Everything from structured sonnets to stream-of-consciousness free verse
- Micro-fiction - Very short stories, complete in a few sentences or paragraphs
- Observations - Poetic descriptions of everyday moments or places
- Fragments - Half-formed ideas, opening lines, pieces of something bigger
- Experimental stuff - Writing that doesn't fit any category
The Freedom of No Feedback
Here's something interesting about ReadAndGone: you don't get comments or likes or any feedback at all. Your creative work goes out and someone reads it, but you'll never know what they thought.
Some writers find this liberating. No criticism to dread. No validation to seek. You wrote something, it reached a human being, and that's it. The work exists on its own terms.
It's closer to leaving a poem on a park bench than posting on social media.
Why Anonymous Creative Writing?
A few reasons people share creative work anonymously:
- Privacy - Some writing is personal enough that you don't want it traced back to you
- Perfectionism - Easier to share work you're not sure about when your name isn't on it
- Pure creation - Write for the sake of writing, not for building a following or getting attention
- Practice - Try new styles or forms without committing to them publicly
Premium for Writers
If you want your creative work to reach more than one reader, Premium keeps it in rotation. That poem you're proud of? It could be discovered by many strangers over time instead of disappearing after a single read.
You'll never know who reads it or how many times. But you'll know it's out there, waiting to be found.