This article focuses on the importance of the work of writing in schizophrenia. It takes as a starting point the Lacanian formulation of the schizophrenic as someone whose organ functions are not given by any established discourse. The hypothesis to the effect that work with the letter may allow the treatment of excessive jouissance in schizophrenia, is analyzed through writings by Robert Walser, a schizophrenic, which demonstrate the feasibility of building a body through the process of writing.
Schizophrenia; jouissance; body; writing