This paper discusses the experience on monitoring psychotic patients during a literary workshop aimed at writing and producing a journal in a CAPS III. It was our goal to survey the effects of the act of writing, especially when writing along with others. The procedure is based on the memories of Dr. Schreber, on James Joyce’s literary work, and on fragments of our work in the workshop, based on S. Freud and J. Lacan. We conclude that the effects of participating in collective activities comprise addressing others and the production of writing intended for the trash bin, resulting in an excess of jouissance.
Key words:
Psychoses; wrinting; psychoanalysis; literary workshop