Shut up & Write + Coffee ☕️, Union Square

(Summer session)

Welcome! Let's write in a quiet space.

Instructions

• COST: Free! RSVP required to reserve seat at table and for waitlist. Small group.
• Exact location will be emailed to confirmed attendees.
• NO: phone calls and meals at meeting table, walk-ins, no-shows. (Drinks, snacks ok.) Thanks.

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Meet: Registered guests, wait in common area. Host will share specific table location upon arrival.

Please change your RSVP if you need to cancel!

What
Join other writers for an hour of focused writing.

"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." Come and get it done.

Schedule
2:15 PM Get coffee/wait in common area. Specific group table location: TBA. Check comments section on this page on arrival.

2:30 Quick intros (names, writing projects)

2:45 Timer starts. Write for one hour. SUAW.

3:45 The end. Chat, take off, or keep writing.

*Table reserved until 4 PM. Please leave rooms, areas clean and organized for our host. Before/after meeting: Feel free to work in the common area until closing time! Hours.

Guidelines
• Wi-Fi available
• Amenities: common open space (for eating, phone calls, more space), coffee and tea for sale. Please buy your food/drink here to thank our host!
• Transportation: Travel: Train: 4, 5, 6, N, Q, R, L to Union Square Station.
Bus: M1A, M14D, M1, M2, M3, M101, M102, M103, X1, X10, X10B
Bike: Storage available. CitiBike stations: Union Square South and more. See map.
• Bring headphones if you want to reduce outside noise distraction.
• Socializing (optional, outside of room) happens at the end. Writing is very solitary. Connecting (and sometimes even commiserating) with other writers is encouraged.
• RSVP only if you can make it, and update ASAP if your plans change.
• Running late? Join us quietly and start writing!

This is your practice and focus time, so I hope to see you there.

Happy Writing!

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Notes
• See our "About Us" link on main page or at SUAW for meeting tips and etiquette.
• Locations and times change according to availability.
• By joining, you agree to workspace rules and agree to leaving space in same condition as it was found.
• Photos: Capital One bank and cafe, SUAW.
• THANK YOU TO OUR VENUE SPONSOR: Capital One cafe and bank, Union Sq., who supports non-profits through providing venues.

Posted by: Rosanna, volunteer organizer