Shut Up & Write!® Los Angeles

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 11:30 AM on SATURDAY MORNING.

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:
11:30 - Quick introductions
11:45 - Timer starts: write for 1 hour
12:45 - The End: chat, take off, or keep writing

OPTIONAL SOCIALIZING happens at 1:00 PM. 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 LOFT CAFE!

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. LOFT Cafe has wi-fi and it is very reliable but there is a shortage of outlets (nothing is perfect :-)) If you will be using your laptop, please make sure is fully charged, a tidbit of information that I wish someone would have shared with me before :-)

Other Important Details:
LOFT Cafe offers Wi-Fi, it has available designated parking spaces on the lot next door (please make sure you park on the correct spaces), and there is street parking but it is Koreatown and is busy, the Western-Wilshire Metro and several bus stops are one block away.
TRAVEL / PARKING: Please see above
SEATING INFORMATION: There is outdoor seating available if you are more comfortable with that, please let me know in your comments, and there is upstairs and downstairs seating. By experience upstairs provides more privacy, but let me know your preference and I will reserve that section.
GUIDELINES: The Cafe provides extensive coffee drinks (caffeinated and non-caffeinated drinks) and small pastries. Please thank our hosts by purchasing something.

Join us for ninety minutes of uninterrupted writing!

Whatever you're working on, come do it at the Coffee Connection, alongside other likeminded writers. We'll be at the big table in the back room, past the courtyard. We start at 10:00 sharp, so try to come a few minutes early to grab a treat from the cafe counter and get settled. We stop at 11:30, and then we invite everyone to share (if they want) a few sentences, without any intro or explanation. After that, we're open for any kind of writerly questions, discussions, sharing of struggles or successes.

Please bring $1 - the cafe charges us a minimal fee for reserving the table, and we appreciate your contribution.

SCHEDULE:
9:45 - Intros / Greetings / Get Settled
10:00 - Timer starts: write for 90 minutes
11:30 - Share some sentences if you want, chat, take off or, if you're on a roll, stay for a while and continue to write.

BEING LATE OR LEAVING EARLY IS OKAY, no need to apologize or explain.

WiFi available

There is a parking lot for The Coffee Connection at the corner of Venice and Centinela. There is also street parking.

Please support our hosts by making a purchase. Everything is yummy.

The online version of this event is hosted on the Shut Up & Write website, so please sign up here for your writing event.

ABOUT THE EVENT
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 7:00pm on Monday Evenings.

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.

This is a hybrid session. Join us either in-person or online via Zoom.

If you plan to join us online, please go to the Shut Up & Write website to get the Zoom link. All new guests are requested to have the camera on when they check-in. Late RSVPs may not be allowed in unless I already know you. If you arrive online late and we are already writing, just join in quietly with your microphone off and start working. I’ll let you know when the one hour timer goes off.

SCHEDULE:
7:00 - Quick introduction.
7:15 - Timer starts. Write for 1 hour.
8:15 - Chat / take off / keep writing.
OPTIONAL SOCIALIZING happens at 8:15PM. Writing can be very solitary. Connecting (and sometimes even commiserating) with other writers is a cool thing.

What Should I Bring?
All you need is something to write with (and the Zoom app if you are joining us online).

Other Important Details:
Technical problems happen! If you have any issues connecting, please send me a message via the Comment section.

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 11:30 AM on SATURDAY MORNING.

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:
11:30 - Quick introductions
11:45 - Timer starts: write for 1 hour
12:45 - The End: chat, take off, or keep writing

OPTIONAL SOCIALIZING happens at 1:00 PM. 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 LOFT CAFE!

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. LOFT Cafe has wi-fi and it is very reliable but there is a shortage of outlets (nothing is perfect :-)) If you will be using your laptop, please make sure is fully charged, a tidbit of information that I wish someone would have shared with me before :-)

Other Important Details:
LOFT Cafe offers Wi-Fi, it has available designated parking spaces on the lot next door (please make sure you park on the correct spaces), and there is street parking but it is Koreatown and is busy, the Western-Wilshire Metro and several bus stops are one block away.
TRAVEL / PARKING: Please see above
SEATING INFORMATION: There is outdoor seating available if you are more comfortable with that, please let me know in your comments, and there is upstairs and downstairs seating. By experience upstairs provides more privacy, but let me know your preference and I will reserve that section.
GUIDELINES: The Cafe provides extensive coffee drinks (caffeinated and non-caffeinated drinks) and small pastries. Please thank our hosts by purchasing something.