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FIFTH BRAIN COLLECTIVE

MEMBERSHIP

Join the Fifth Brain Community!

Welcome to The Fifth Brain Community with Frankie Rollins – a sanctuary for writers where we cherish individuality and embrace diversity. Our collective offers a safe home for voices at every stage of the writing journey, fostering an environment where ideas, creativity, and support converge.

Creativity flourishes through mutual nurturing and immediate, inclusive connections.

In this membership, have discussions with other writers and creative people, respond to prompts, share work in an online space, enjoy weekly writing sprints, and learn from monthly craft webinars!

Join us in this circular and inclusive space where every voice matters, and every story is a testament to the power of collective creativity.

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Limited spaces available!

Join us and get connected to other engaged writers

Every Wednesday from 5:00 pm-6:00 pm MT

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Online Membership Includes:

  • Live Weekly Conversations with Frankie and Community Wednesdays 5:00 pm MT-6:00 MT

  • Prompts, Writing, Conversations about Craft and the Writing Life

  • Sustain Your Writing Practice and Motivation

  • Online Sharing Space for Insightful Feedback

  • Monthly Craft Classes/Recorded Webinars

  • 8 Weekly Writing Sprints

BECOME A MEMBER!

Fifth Brain Community Membership
$79.99
Every month

✓ Weekly Community Conversations
✓ Monthly Writing Prompts
✓ Online Sharing Space for Structured Feedback
✓ Monthly Recorded Webinars on Craft
✓ Weekly Writing Sprints

MEMBERSHIP TESTIMONIALS

  • A grayscale photo featuring a person with glasses and wavy hair, next to a cat's face. The person is wearing a jacket, and the cat is partially visible with whiskers in focus.

    "I've had the privilege of knowing Frankie for 10 years now and I'm better for it. A few months ago when I was at a loss I had stopped working and stopped writing, stopped living, really, and was just surviving. Frankie invited me to join the Fifth Brain Collective. Not to be dramatic, but it changed my life. Each individual input and thoughts are valued, the fellowship within this community is unmatched, fostering an environment where we all thrive creatively and personally."

    –DIANA, FICTION WRITER

  • Black and white portrait of a bald man with a goatee, wearing a printed t-shirt, standing outdoors with trees in the background.

    "We all write whatever we feel like writing. It's not about ego or money or celebrity, it's about writing and helping each other write. It's everything I wanted. A community of writers who are all there for each other, who are all on the same wavelength creatively, full of ideas they can't wait to share. We care about each other and we’re always encouraging and enthusiastic. More than anything, I never feel like I am writing in a vacuum. They're my readers and I'm their reader, too. We are fans of each other, and we never stopped giving and getting feedback. I have written professionally for money and with some substantial readership before, but I can honestly say that this is the best writing experience I have ever had."

    –VICTOR, MUSIC CRITIC & FICTION WRITER

  • Black and white selfie of a person with curly hair, wearing a necklace and a floral top, smiling at the camera. The background shows a textured wall and a historical street scene poster.

    "That’s the story I was telling myself before I joined Frankie and the Fifth Brain Community. As an academic, I could follow the rules, but I felt suffocated. As a writer/performer, I found joy, but I couldn’t write unless I had an upcoming show. I never wrote for fun. Now I write for freedom. The walls started to come down in my very first Fifth Brain workshop. The words hadn’t dried up; my inner critic was the only voice I was listening to. I was thinking the words to death. Writing with purpose, but without rules, has shown me that not only do I have a hell of a lot to say, but only I can say it. Frankie has created a refuge for writers–we laugh often, we cry now and then, and we tell the truth (even if the truth is fiction). My Fifth Brain peers are kind, creative, and generous with their feedback. Frankie & Co. are rearranging my molecules–I now crave the practice of writing, the ability to share my work with trusted friends, and the thought that one day someone might crack a book I’ve written and feel seen, known, and loved."

    –AMES, RESEARCHER, EDUCATOR, STORYTELLER, WRITER

  • Black and white image of a person with curly hair speaking into a microphone at a podium, holding a paper, in an outdoor setting at night.

    "I’ve been in writing groups of one kind or another for the last three decades. I joined the Fifth Brain Collective Membership when it began almost a year ago, and I’ve never seen such synergy, such collaborative support, such joy in creativity in a group. No—it’s not all bunnies and daisies. We talk about the hard stuff, that raw personal material we wrangle into language or paint or dance. Just recently, I was sure I could never write the second book in my middle-grade novel series, and just hearing Frankie remind me of the imposter syndrome woke me up: “Omg, I’m doing it. I’m thinking that I can’t write this novel!” Sharing digital space with other creatives, practicing with prompts that Frankie provides, and learning from each other have expanded my skills as a writer and deepened my creative play and craft."

    –SANDRA, LIT PROFESSOR, FICTION WRITER

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Every writer needs community! 

Did you know the Fifth Brain Collective has a scholarship fund?