What we're about
What we're about
This vibrant community of writers is moving over to the new online section of Shut Up & Write! website. This new space has been specifically designed to support our online events.
If you’re interested in hosting your own event, sign up as a host here.
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
Before your event, please take a few minutes to make sure your video chat setup is working. Once you log in to the meeting, our host will lead introductions and then everyone will write for a quiet, focused period of time. Afterward, we’ll have an optional time to chat and 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+)
“We write alone together!”
Join us to put words together and create worlds. This is a low-distraction and low-drama space. We're here to make headways on our projects. If you receive any unwanted private message during the session please private message me and I'll resolve the distraction in a fairly permanent way.
Shut up & Write with Roger is part of The Numb Ass Sitting Alliance (NASA). Most commonly attended sequential SUW sessions. In order;
5-hour marathons with Brennin (SUW Online) - Every Day
Shut up & Write with Roger (SUW Online) - TWF
Shut Up & Write online ZEN session @Japan (SUW Tsukuba) - Some weekdays
Shut up & Write with Tracy (SUW Melbourne) - Some weekdays
On Wednesdays, We Write! with @HaleyBCU (SUW Albany) - Wednesday
Online Event: Shut Up & Write - Laguna (SUW Laguna)- Wednesday
Hosted from Perth, Australia (SUW Online) - Saturday
Start the day with a sense of accomplishment (and coffee) by writing. Enter into the bustle of life with a page or two written when your mind is clear and uncluttered. Join us for an hour of writing from the comfort of your own home (and coffee)
Be it a book, blog, script, essay, dissertation, resume, melody, poem or just plain plan for world domination, you are invited to write it with us. Instead of just thinking about writing, come and get some real writing done. And don’t worry, no one will see what you've written or give you unsolicited advice.
SCHEDULE:
9:00am SGT - Quick introductions (and making coffee)
10:20am SGT - Optional text check-in (and 2nd cup of coffee)
NOON SGT - Group review and checkout (releasing your coffee back into the wild)
WHAT DO I NEED?
A computer with a working camera and microphone, a good internet connection, and optionally, headphones.
OTHER IMPORTANT DETAILS:
Technical difficulties are part and parcel of getting together online.
If you’ve never used your computer for an online meeting, take a few minutes before we meet to familiarize yourself with how to use GOOGLE HANGOUTS by reviewing the below tutorial:
ZOOM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2C9xD1hG-w
If you run into technical issues, remember that this is the time you’ve carved out for yourself and your writing. Whether or not you were able to join our online meet-up, go ahead and get your writing started, then leave a comment below to let us know how it went for you.
- Roger D.
- Dorothy H.
- Linda P.
- 5 attendees
This event is hosted on the Shut Up & Write website, so please sign up here for your writing event.
ABOUT THE EVENT
European time-zone, DAILY morning meeting (Monday-Friday).
Remark: the time of the meeting is always 9am with reference to Vienna-Rome-Amsterdam-Berlin-Madrid-etc... timezone.
We’ve discovered that it’s strikingly helpful to write with other writers.
We generally do 2 consecutive 1-hour sessions, with a break halfway.
Feel free to drop in and drop out whenever necessary: adapt it to your schedule :D !
Only requirement: introduce yourself with the camera turned on (at start, break, final checkpoint, or even in the chat). This fosters a sense of connection and community - just to know who's the fellow in the nearby desk :D
From 12am PT/9am CET, DAILY!
Time-zone converter: https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/
Each day, whether fiction or non-fiction, whether actually putting down words or doing research and readings for your project: you are one of us!
Signup to get the link of the online meeting.
FYI: there is no waiting room nor the need to create extra accounts for the conferencing tool currently in use + can be accessed through your browser.
PS. these events are not an opportunity to "date": we are friendly collegues and perhaps may become also friends, but all within a non-sexualized environment. Everyone has different boundaries and sensitivities but none should feel uncomfortable.
PPS. avoid communicating with me or others through the event comment sections - this is a measure of politeness since all people participating to the event will get then notified (even through email!) for each of our comments, which in almost all cases are of little relevance to them.
- Sam A.
- 1 attendee
This event is hosted on the Shut Up & Write website, so please sign up here for your writing event.
ABOUT THE EVENT
Password: h3m!n?way
The group was ZOOM bombed recently. You'll have to join the group through a ZOOM account, so remember to sign in to ZOOM before entering the writing group.
You'll be in a waiting room so I can screen out the terrorists. I'm sorry for the inconvenience!
Time-zone converter:
If you're unsure of the Mountain Time USA start time, use the time zone converter:
https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/
I'm an early riser, but for others in say Japan, Peru, Uganda, Greece, Australia, or Antarctica your day is well underway or ending.
As such, you may hop into the room anytime, Monday through Friday starting at 4:30am Pacific Time (PT) 5:30am Mountain Time (MT) (USA). We end around 7:30am MT (USA), 13:30 CET.
It may look like very few people are attending, but if you RSVP to this, the ZOOM link is the same. There are many who write with us - tell 100 of your closest friends!
If you're there early or after check-in time, post your intentions in the chatbox. If you have to leave before the end time, please check-out with your work progress. The room is always open, if you're the first one to arrive.
WHAT'S IN STORE? (Times are Mountain Time, USA)
5:30am (Mountain) - Quick introductions
5:40am (Mountain) - Timer starts: write for 90 minutes or so
7:20am (Mountain) - The End: chat, take off, or keep writing
We’ve discovered that it’s strikingly helpful to write with others, even if we’re all just hanging out online together.
Be it a book, blog, script, essay, dissertation, resume, melody, poem or just plain work stuff, you are invited to write it with us. Instead of just thinking about writing, come and get some real writing done. And don’t worry, no one will see what you've written or give you unsolicited advice.
WHAT DO I NEED?
A computer with working camera and microphone, a good internet connection, and optionally, headphones.
OTHER IMPORTANT DETAILS:
Technical difficulties are part and parcel of getting together online.
If you’ve never used your computer for an online meeting, take a few minutes before we meet to familiarize yourself with how to use ZOOM by reviewing the below tutorial:
ZOOM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VebiA5pGq0
If you run into technical issues, remember that this is the time you’ve carved out for yourself and your writing. Whether or not you were able to join our online meet-up, go ahead and get your writing started, then leave a comment below to let us know how it went for you.
- Enrique
- Alan O.
- 2 attendees
This event is hosted on the Shut Up & Write website, so please sign up here for your writing event.
ABOUT THE EVENT
ZOOM PASSCODE:[masked]
Enjoy writing in a virtual community! We'll do introductions, then get 90 minutes of writing done—any writing you like.
Write from anywhere! Join us for intros and then write silently for 90 minutes. If you need to leave early, or if you're into the flow and want to keep going when the timer rings, that's fine, feel free to post in the chat how it went for you before heading out.
Joining late? -- After Introductions, we're in our silent writing time. A waiting room may be open for security. Please watch for a Chat message in the waiting room to help us identify you. When admitted, we ask you to post a brief Intro in the Chat, with where you're calling from and what you'll be working on today.
Help Your Host
- Zoom Name: Use your preferred first name and a last initial.
- Zoom Video: Turn on during intros and check-ins.
- Meetup Name: Preferably use the same name as on Zoom.
- This is a safe, welcoming, and respectful space.
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Agenda in U.S. Pacific Time:
6:45 - Join the meeting. Turn on your video.
6:45 - 7:00: Introductions: Name, Location, Today's Goal.
7:00 - 8:30: Silent, independent writing session. Microphones muted. Videos on or off. If you need a bio break, take it.
8:30 - 8:45: Check-ins. How’d it go?
Agenda in U.S. Eastern Time:
9:45 - Join the meeting. Turn on your video.
9:45 - 10:00: Introductions: Name, Location, Today's Goal.
10:00 - 11:30: Silent, independent writing session. Microphones muted. Videos on or off. If you need a bio break, take it.
11:30 - 11:45: Check-ins. How’d it go?
Note: We use Daylight Savings Time from April-October.
Technical Details:
You'll need a computer with a working camera and microphone, a good internet connection, and optionally, headphones.
Only one person can talk at a time, so please share while being mindful of dominating the airwaves.
If you’ve never attended an online meeting, take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with Zoom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VebiA5pGq0
- Enrique
- Marilyn H.
- Theresa B.
- 8 attendees
Past events (11,245)
- Elissa B.
- A. N.
- Callie F.
- 8 attendees
