Welcome to TOTB

We're Allie Moss and Bess Rogers. We started Thinking Outside the Blocks in 2016 with just one workshop—and what began as a single gathering has since grown into a vibrant, dedicated community of diverse artists from across the globe, creating side by side in a supportive virtual space.

At the heart of TOTB is our monthly Block Busters Challenge. Each month we offer a rich, thought-provoking prompt, and everyone has one week to write or co-write a song. The prompts are designed to nudge you beyond your comfort zone, and we join in too—because we believe growth happens when we stretch ourselves together.

The built-in deadline keeps perfectionism and procrastination at bay, encouraging you to write freely and more often. As you build a body of work, the pressure on any single song to be “good” begins to fade. Sharing those fresh drafts in a supportive space not only sharpens your skills, it strengthens your identity as a songwriter and helps silence imposter syndrome.

TOTB is a space where you’ll find both accountability and encouragement, a place where your voice matters, and where every song you bring in, no matter how raw, is celebrated as part of your journey as an artist.

TOTB is for you, if you:

• Crave fresh inspiration and song prompts that spark new ideas
    

• Battle self-doubt or harsh inner judgment that keeps you from writing
    

• Feel yourself stuck in a rut, rewriting the same song over and over
    

• Go long stretches without writing or feel out of practice
    

• Want to grow as a songwriter but aren't sure how to get there
   

• Want to be part of a welcoming circle of songwriters