Hi, friend! 👋
Welcome to Unscripted — a creative space for exploring the messy, magical reality of living a boldly creative life.
I’m Lauren Marie Fleming, and this is where I share what it’s really like to make art, build a creative career, and navigate the highs and lows of publishing and filmmaking — as a queer femme who’s fat, kinky, poly, and neurodiverse.
This space is personal, playful, and participatory.
It’s where I bring you into my creative world — and invite you into the conversation.
Here, we don’t just talk about collaborative creative community.
We build it together.
🌈 About Me & My Journey
I have a pretty impressive résumé — a film degree and a law degree, work with big-name celebrities, speaking engagements at Ivy League schools, and features in major media outlets, including Good Morning America.
And still, the experiences that shaped me most didn’t come from institutions or accolades.
They came from queer, poly, kinky, and body-positive communities — places that taught me what empathy, resilience, and true belonging actually look like.
Those values shape everything I do here — and they’re the foundation of my work at School for Writers®.
💫 Why Unscripted
A creative life rarely goes according to plan.
Unscripted is my living room creative salon — a place to think out loud, tell the truth about the process, and explore what it actually looks like to live a creative life over decades.
This isn’t a polished feed or a performance of success.
No get-rich-quick schemes. No overnight success hacks.
Unscripted is about building creative resilience and asking, again and again, whether there’s a better story we can tell — about our work, our lives, and ourselves.
It’s letters, reflections, behind-the-scenes moments, and honest conversations about writing, publishing, filmmaking, and staying aligned with your values — especially when it’s hard.
💌 Why Subscribe
When you subscribe to Unscripted, you’re not just reading — you’re stepping into an ongoing creative conversation.
Free subscribers get a lot, because I want you along for the journey regardless of your financial situation. But there are some meaningful perks to becoming a paid subscriber.
As a paid subscriber, you’ll get:
🌀 Early and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes reflections, first reads, and parts of my creative process I don’t share publicly.
💬 Community and conversation — a space to reflect, comment, and feel less alone in your own creative life.
💖 Direct support of the work — your subscription helps me keep writing these letters, sharing the process honestly, and building this space with care.
Living a creative life is both hard and beautiful — and it’s easier when we do it together.
So subscribe, join the conversation, and make yourself at home.
I’m so excited to create with you, to converse with you, and to share together in this wild, unscripted adventure of living a creative life.
Because the world needs your story now more than ever.
With love,
Lauren
