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Sign up to host your own Shut Up & Write!
For online events, check out our Online Events Meetup.
Shut Up & Write hosts free in-person and online writing events for writers all over the world. Our goal is to ensure that every writer, regardless of genre or skill level, has access to the community, accountability, and resources they need to be successful in their personal writing goals. Our events use our proven formula: a few minutes of introductions, a period of focused writing, and a final check-in to share our progress.
What to Expect
RSVP and please arrive 10–15 minutes early to get settled at an in-person event. Our host will lead introductions and then everyone will write for a quiet, focused period of time.
Afterward, feel free to get to know each other. Members often talk about their successes and challenges as writers. Our events are a safe space for writers to work on their craft. No one will read or critique your writing.
For more information, visit https://shutupwrite.com.
Upcoming events (4+)
Join us for an hour of writing! We’ve discovered that it’s strikingly helpful to write with other writers. See if it’s true for you at 10:30 on Friday mornings (NEW TIME!).
Be it a book, blog, script, essay, dissertation, resume, melody, poem or just plain work stuff, you are invited to write it with us. No one will see what you've written or give you unsolicited advice. Instead of just thinking about writing, come and get some real writing done.
SCHEDULE:
10:30 - Quick introductions
10:45 - Timer starts: write for 1 hour
11:45 - The End: chat, take off, or keep writing
OPTIONAL SOCIALIZING happens at 11:45. Writing is very solitary. Connecting (and sometimes even commiserating) with other writers is a cool thing.
BEING LATE IS OKAY: just show up and get settled, then check-in with me after the session. (I’ll be the person with the Shut Up & Write! sign.) If you were on time, please be willing to make room for the friendly latecomer.
Happy writing and I look forward to seeing you at Rex!
What Should I Bring?
Whatever you need to be able to write!
Bring earbuds/earplugs if you want to block the cafe’s overhead music or the occasional conversation by other patrons.
There is only one plug in the back room where we sit - probably a good idea to come with your devices pre-charged.
Other Important Details:
Rex does have WiFi. Password: tulipetulipe
TRAVEL / PARKING: Rex is only a couple of minutes away from Fribourg train station on foot.
SEATING INFORMATION: Head to the very back of the tea-room - we will grab some tables there.
GUIDELINES: Please thank our hosts by purchasing something.
- Daisy
- Cyntia V.
- 2 attendees
Join us for an hour of writing! We’ve discovered that it’s strikingly helpful to write with other writers. See if it’s true for you at 10:30 on Friday mornings (NEW TIME!).
Be it a book, blog, script, essay, dissertation, resume, melody, poem or just plain work stuff, you are invited to write it with us. No one will see what you've written or give you unsolicited advice. Instead of just thinking about writing, come and get some real writing done.
SCHEDULE:
10:30 - Quick introductions
10:45 - Timer starts: write for 1 hour
11:45 - The End: chat, take off, or keep writing
OPTIONAL SOCIALIZING happens at 11:45. Writing is very solitary. Connecting (and sometimes even commiserating) with other writers is a cool thing.
BEING LATE IS OKAY: just show up and get settled, then check-in with me after the session. (I’ll be the person with the Shut Up & Write! sign.) If you were on time, please be willing to make room for the friendly latecomer.
Happy writing and I look forward to seeing you at Rex!
What Should I Bring?
Whatever you need to be able to write!
Bring earbuds/earplugs if you want to block the cafe’s overhead music or the occasional conversation by other patrons.
There is only one plug in the back room where we sit - probably a good idea to come with your devices pre-charged.
Other Important Details:
Rex does have WiFi. Password: tulipetulipe
TRAVEL / PARKING: Rex is only a couple of minutes away from Fribourg train station on foot.
SEATING INFORMATION: Head to the very back of the tea-room - we will grab some tables there.
GUIDELINES: Please thank our hosts by purchasing something.
- Daisy
- Jessica
- 2 attendees
Join us for an hour of writing! We’ve discovered that it’s strikingly helpful to write with other writers. See if it’s true for you at 10:30 on Friday mornings (NEW TIME!).
Be it a book, blog, script, essay, dissertation, resume, melody, poem or just plain work stuff, you are invited to write it with us. No one will see what you've written or give you unsolicited advice. Instead of just thinking about writing, come and get some real writing done.
SCHEDULE:
10:30 - Quick introductions
10:45 - Timer starts: write for 1 hour
11:45 - The End: chat, take off, or keep writing
OPTIONAL SOCIALIZING happens at 11:45. Writing is very solitary. Connecting (and sometimes even commiserating) with other writers is a cool thing.
BEING LATE IS OKAY: just show up and get settled, then check-in with me after the session. (I’ll be the person with the Shut Up & Write! sign.) If you were on time, please be willing to make room for the friendly latecomer.
Happy writing and I look forward to seeing you at Rex!
What Should I Bring?
Whatever you need to be able to write!
Bring earbuds/earplugs if you want to block the cafe’s overhead music or the occasional conversation by other patrons.
There is only one plug in the back room where we sit - probably a good idea to come with your devices pre-charged.
Other Important Details:
Rex does have WiFi. Password: tulipetulipe
TRAVEL / PARKING: Rex is only a couple of minutes away from Fribourg train station on foot.
SEATING INFORMATION: Head to the very back of the tea-room - we will grab some tables there.
GUIDELINES: Please thank our hosts by purchasing something.
- Daisy
- 1 attendee
Join us for an hour of writing! We’ve discovered that it’s strikingly helpful to write with other writers. See if it’s true for you at 10:30 on Friday mornings (NEW TIME!).
Be it a book, blog, script, essay, dissertation, resume, melody, poem or just plain work stuff, you are invited to write it with us. No one will see what you've written or give you unsolicited advice. Instead of just thinking about writing, come and get some real writing done.
SCHEDULE:
10:30 - Quick introductions
10:45 - Timer starts: write for 1 hour
11:45 - The End: chat, take off, or keep writing
OPTIONAL SOCIALIZING happens at 11:45. Writing is very solitary. Connecting (and sometimes even commiserating) with other writers is a cool thing.
BEING LATE IS OKAY: just show up and get settled, then check-in with me after the session. (I’ll be the person with the Shut Up & Write! sign.) If you were on time, please be willing to make room for the friendly latecomer.
Happy writing and I look forward to seeing you at Rex!
What Should I Bring?
Whatever you need to be able to write!
Bring earbuds/earplugs if you want to block the cafe’s overhead music or the occasional conversation by other patrons.
There is only one plug in the back room where we sit - probably a good idea to come with your devices pre-charged.
Other Important Details:
Rex does have WiFi. Password: tulipetulipe
TRAVEL / PARKING: Rex is only a couple of minutes away from Fribourg train station on foot.
SEATING INFORMATION: Head to the very back of the tea-room - we will grab some tables there.
GUIDELINES: Please thank our hosts by purchasing something.
- Daisy
- 1 attendee
Past events (70)
- Daisy
- Jessica
- Pattra H.
- 3 attendees
