What we’re about
The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne. -- Geoffrey Chaucer.
Join us to develop focus, discipline, and better habits in writing. We just do the work together.
We start early U.S. Pacific Time, and so we reach more time zones. You may start writing with us in:
- London, United Kingdom (Greenwich Mean Time): 2:15 p.m.
- New York, United States (Eastern Time): 9:15 a.m.
- Paris, France (Central European Time): 3:15 p.m.
- Moscow, Russia (Moscow Standard Time): 5:15 p.m.
- Tokyo, Japan (Japan Standard Time): 10:15 p.m. (same day)
- Sydney, Australia (Australian Eastern Standard Time): 11:15 p.m. (same day)
- Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (if no DST in U.S.) 8:15 p.m. and 7:15 a.m. [if DST]
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- SIT DOWN WAKE UP AND WRITE DAILY -- 6:15 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. VIRTUAL SESSIONSLink visible for attendees
We meet Monday thru Friday, 6:15 a.m. to 8:15 a.m., for those seeking to fit their writing work into a busy schedule.
All writers of all genres, fiction or non-fiction, and all degrees of skill and success, either published or unpublished, are welcome to join us. We do not prompt write, critique, or read our work. We do the work, with mutual support and encouragement. Dropping in late or leaving early is okay.
Why join us? We support one another to build a daily writing discipline. Writing with us consistently will help you:
- Build confidence. Write something each day.
- Defeat procrastination by using a structured time and place each day for writing with other writers.
- Gain momentum and reach milestones. Feel good about making progress.
- Finish your writing projects. You can say “I did it!”
- Develop your writing craft knowledge and skills.
If arriving after 6:30 a.m. California time, no introduction required. Enter on mute and off video and start writing.
We warm up with a short discussion from 6:15 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. that usually circles back to the craft we bring to our stories.
We begin writing promptly at 6:30 a.m. with audio & video off. We end the writing promptly at 8:00 a.m. From 8:00 to 8:15 a.m., we debrief on how the work went that morning. That's it! Simple but challenging.
"People without hope do not write novels. Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I’m always highly irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it’s very shocking to the system. If the novelist is not sustained by a hope of money, then he must be sustained by a hope of salvation, or he simply won’t survive the ordeal." FLANNERY O’CONNOR, MYSTERY AND MANNERS
“At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: “I have to go to work — as a human being. What do I have to complain about? I’m going to do what I was born for — the things I was brought into the world to do. Or is this what I was created for? To huddle under the blankets and stay warm?” So you were born to "feel nice" instead of doing things and experiencing them? Don’t you see the plants, the birds, the ants and spiders and bees going about their individual tasks, putting the world in order, as best they can? Are you not willing to do your job as a human being? Are you not running to do what your nature demands? You don't love yourself enough. If you love yourself, love your nature too, and what it demands of ”you.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
- SIT DOWN WAKE UP AND WRITE DAILY -- 6:15 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. VIRTUAL SESSIONSLink visible for attendees
We meet Monday thru Friday, 6:15 a.m. to 8:15 a.m., for those seeking to fit their writing work into a busy schedule.
All writers of all genres, fiction or non-fiction, and all degrees of skill and success, either published or unpublished, are welcome to join us. We do not prompt write, critique, or read our work. We do the work, with mutual support and encouragement. Dropping in late or leaving early is okay.
Why join us? We support one another to build a daily writing discipline. Writing with us consistently will help you:
- Build confidence. Write something each day.
- Defeat procrastination by using a structured time and place each day for writing with other writers.
- Gain momentum and reach milestones. Feel good about making progress.
- Finish your writing projects. You can say “I did it!”
- Develop your writing craft knowledge and skills.
If arriving after 6:30 a.m. California time, no introduction required. Enter on mute and off video and start writing.
We warm up with a short discussion from 6:15 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. that usually circles back to the craft we bring to our stories.
We begin writing promptly at 6:30 a.m. with audio & video off. We end the writing promptly at 8:00 a.m. From 8:00 to 8:15 a.m., we debrief on how the work went that morning. That's it! Simple but challenging.
"People without hope do not write novels. Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I’m always highly irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it’s very shocking to the system. If the novelist is not sustained by a hope of money, then he must be sustained by a hope of salvation, or he simply won’t survive the ordeal." FLANNERY O’CONNOR, MYSTERY AND MANNERS
“At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: “I have to go to work — as a human being. What do I have to complain about? I’m going to do what I was born for — the things I was brought into the world to do. Or is this what I was created for? To huddle under the blankets and stay warm?” So you were born to "feel nice" instead of doing things and experiencing them? Don’t you see the plants, the birds, the ants and spiders and bees going about their individual tasks, putting the world in order, as best they can? Are you not willing to do your job as a human being? Are you not running to do what your nature demands? You don't love yourself enough. If you love yourself, love your nature too, and what it demands of ”you.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
- SIT DOWN WAKE UP AND WRITE DAILY -- 6:15 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. VIRTUAL SESSIONSLink visible for attendees
We meet Monday thru Friday, 6:15 a.m. to 8:15 a.m., for those seeking to fit their writing work into a busy schedule.
All writers of all genres, fiction or non-fiction, and all degrees of skill and success, either published or unpublished, are welcome to join us. We do not prompt write, critique, or read our work. We do the work, with mutual support and encouragement. Dropping in late or leaving early is okay.
Why join us? We support one another to build a daily writing discipline. Writing with us consistently will help you:
- Build confidence. Write something each day.
- Defeat procrastination by using a structured time and place each day for writing with other writers.
- Gain momentum and reach milestones. Feel good about making progress.
- Finish your writing projects. You can say “I did it!”
- Develop your writing craft knowledge and skills.
If arriving after 6:30 a.m. California time, no introduction required. Enter on mute and off video and start writing.
We warm up with a short discussion from 6:15 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. that usually circles back to the craft we bring to our stories.
We begin writing promptly at 6:30 a.m. with audio & video off. We end the writing promptly at 8:00 a.m. From 8:00 to 8:15 a.m., we debrief on how the work went that morning. That's it! Simple but challenging.
"People without hope do not write novels. Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I’m always highly irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it’s very shocking to the system. If the novelist is not sustained by a hope of money, then he must be sustained by a hope of salvation, or he simply won’t survive the ordeal." FLANNERY O’CONNOR, MYSTERY AND MANNERS
“At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: “I have to go to work — as a human being. What do I have to complain about? I’m going to do what I was born for — the things I was brought into the world to do. Or is this what I was created for? To huddle under the blankets and stay warm?” So you were born to "feel nice" instead of doing things and experiencing them? Don’t you see the plants, the birds, the ants and spiders and bees going about their individual tasks, putting the world in order, as best they can? Are you not willing to do your job as a human being? Are you not running to do what your nature demands? You don't love yourself enough. If you love yourself, love your nature too, and what it demands of ”you.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
- SIT DOWN WAKE UP AND WRITE DAILY -- 6:15 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. VIRTUAL SESSIONSLink visible for attendees
We meet Monday thru Friday, 6:15 a.m. to 8:15 a.m., for those seeking to fit their writing work into a busy schedule.
All writers of all genres, fiction or non-fiction, and all degrees of skill and success, either published or unpublished, are welcome to join us. We do not prompt write, critique, or read our work. We do the work, with mutual support and encouragement. Dropping in late or leaving early is okay.
Why join us? We support one another to build a daily writing discipline. Writing with us consistently will help you:
- Build confidence. Write something each day.
- Defeat procrastination by using a structured time and place each day for writing with other writers.
- Gain momentum and reach milestones. Feel good about making progress.
- Finish your writing projects. You can say “I did it!”
- Develop your writing craft knowledge and skills.
If arriving after 6:30 a.m. California time, no introduction required. Enter on mute and off video and start writing.
We warm up with a short discussion from 6:15 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. that usually circles back to the craft we bring to our stories.
We begin writing promptly at 6:30 a.m. with audio & video off. We end the writing promptly at 8:00 a.m. From 8:00 to 8:15 a.m., we debrief on how the work went that morning. That's it! Simple but challenging.
"People without hope do not write novels. Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I’m always highly irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it’s very shocking to the system. If the novelist is not sustained by a hope of money, then he must be sustained by a hope of salvation, or he simply won’t survive the ordeal." FLANNERY O’CONNOR, MYSTERY AND MANNERS
“At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: “I have to go to work — as a human being. What do I have to complain about? I’m going to do what I was born for — the things I was brought into the world to do. Or is this what I was created for? To huddle under the blankets and stay warm?” So you were born to "feel nice" instead of doing things and experiencing them? Don’t you see the plants, the birds, the ants and spiders and bees going about their individual tasks, putting the world in order, as best they can? Are you not willing to do your job as a human being? Are you not running to do what your nature demands? You don't love yourself enough. If you love yourself, love your nature too, and what it demands of ”you.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
