diff --git a/capnp/lib/capnp.pxd b/capnp/lib/capnp.pxd
index 6ac296a..8cbf3b7 100644
--- a/capnp/lib/capnp.pxd
+++ b/capnp/lib/capnp.pxd
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ cdef class _DynamicStructBuilder:
     cdef DynamicStruct_Builder thisptr
     cdef public object _parent
     cdef public bint is_root
-    cdef bint _is_written
+    cdef public bint _is_written
     cdef object _schema
 
     cdef _init(self, DynamicStruct_Builder other, object parent, bint isRoot=?, bint tryRegistry=?)
diff --git a/capnp/lib/capnp.pyx b/capnp/lib/capnp.pyx
index 72b8244..f4ec511 100644
--- a/capnp/lib/capnp.pyx
+++ b/capnp/lib/capnp.pyx
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ cdef class _DynamicStructBuilder:
         if not self.is_root:
             raise KjException("You can only call write() on the message's root struct.")
         if self._is_written:
-            _warnings.warn("This message has already been written once. Be very careful that you're not setting Text/Struct/List fields more than once, since that will cause memory leaks (both in memory and in the serialized data). You can disable this warning by setting the `_is_written` field of this object to False after every write.")
+            _warnings.warn("This message has already been written once. Be very careful that you're not setting Text/Struct/List fields more than once, since that will cause memory leaks (both in memory and in the serialized data). You can disable this warning by calling the `clear_write_flag` method of this object after every write.")
 
     def write(self, file):
         """Writes the struct's containing message to the given file object in unpacked binary format.
@@ -1437,6 +1437,13 @@ cdef class _DynamicStructBuilder:
             size = self.thisptr.totalSize()
             return _MessageSize(size.wordCount, size.capCount)
 
+    def clear_write_flag(self):
+        """A method used to clear the _is_written flag.
+
+        This allows you to write the struct more than once without seeing any warnings.
+        """
+        self._is_written = False
+
     def __reduce_ex__(self, proto):
         return _struct_reducer, (self.schema.node.id, self.to_bytes())