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Centred on group writing, the article presents five situations that illustrate the different places and functions of writing in a group: writing as the basis of the group, writing as the outcome of the group, shared writing, writing as therapeutic mediation. We can see at work the processes of group illusion, fight/flight phantasies, and depression. In these situations, we always notice a structuring individual/group relationship. And, on the therapeutic side, we notice the importance of the institution's openness to these practices.