About The Redraft Project
Poetry in Pursuit of Change.
The Redraft Project began with a quiet and seeping pain — knowing that I had unfinished poems, letting them sit in digital dust while I waited for the perfect words to come.
But poetry, like all writing, doesn’t have to be a never-ending task we put off. It doesn’t have to die quietly as life pulls us away. Words can be rewritten. Words can be seen. And words, more than anything, can connect us.
This project exists to bring writers, editors, and readers together on one site — hand in hand. We write for more than ourselves — for anyone who’s ever felt invisible, unfinished, or unheard. Here, your words don’t need to be perfect to be powerful.
What We Believe
Voice. Everyone has one. Most just haven’t had a place to speak it fully.
Revision. Change doesn’t happen all at once. It happens one redraft at a time.
Connection. Stories bring us together. Words remind us we’re not alone.
Community. One of the strongest predictors of well-being — and the heart of this project.
What This Is & How It Works
The Redraft Project is a community based Poetry Project where voices connect, express and grow.
- Poems are always in motion. Lines may get reused. Multiple drafts of the same poem may exist. That is the point.
- Once 70 poems have been redrafted and shaped by at least 100 contributors — with each offering a single line — we’ll assemble the first book.
- The book will be digital-first (print if interest is high)
- All proceeds will go to a voted charity (updated every 6 months)
- All proceeds, donations and impact will be fully transparent.
Why It Matters
There are few spaces online that invite you to be unfinished. Most reward the loudest, quickest, most viral forms of expression. But what about the quieter thoughts? The evolving ones?
We believe that when we stop editing ourselves for approval, and start editing our words for clarity, something shifts. Not just in our poems — in our lives.
Sharing something raw, returning to it, and allowing it to change is a radically brave act.
Who This Is For
- Writers who never call themselves writers.
- Readers who feel most understood in metaphors.
- Anyone who has ever said, "This isn’t quite right, but it’s honest."
- Anyone who wants to make something a little better — one line at a time.
If that’s you, Welcome.