Shut Up & Write!® Online Events

ABOUT THE EVENT
Passcode for Zoom: 220229

We’ve discovered that it’s strikingly helpful to write with others, even if we’re all just hanging out online together. See if it’s true for you at 6:45 AM PT on Saturday and Sunday mornings.

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.

Latecomers: After Introductions, we’re in our silent-writing time. For security and to provide focus for our SUAW-session participants, the meeting may be closed to further attendees. Please join us another day, during our introduction time (schedule below). We wish you happy writing!

SCHEDULE:
6:45 - Quick introductions
7:00 - Timer starts: write for 1.5 hours
8:30 - The End: chat, take off, or keep writing

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]
[GOOGLE HANGOUTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG7cTNbaOgU]

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.

"Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard."
Anne Sexton

Saturday night has magic: the portals to the unconscious open, the muse is afoot, anything can happen.

Be it a poem or dissertation, journaling or nonfiction, memoir, novella or screenplay, join us for 90 minutes of focused creation. All writers and all experience levels are welcome, and don’t worry; no one will see what you've written. There are no read-alouds, sharing or critiques. This session is about getting your writing done.

Format (listings are Pacific Daylight Time; convert as appropriate):

6:30 pm: Introductions. State your location and a laconic, generic sentence or two about your intentions for the next 90 minutes. (E.g., “I’m in Miami. I’m wallowing in the second act miasma.” “I’m in Bangkok. I’m revising an impossible chapter in my dissertation that strives logically to resolve contradictory findings.”)

6:45 pm: Session begins. Everyone is muted by the host to minimize distractions. If you arrive late, just put your intentions in the chat and then plunge into your work. If you need to leave early, likewise, just put your progress in the chat and sail off into the night…

8:15 pm: Session ends. 15 minutes of check-out—how did you do? Here is where we celebrate even a nanometer of advancement! All that happened was 90 minutes of woolgathering? Get on with your bad self!!!

8:30 pm: Your host will end the Zoom. Feel free to continue writing, or via messenger, carry on a conversation with event participants.

To our Asian and Down Under friends, set the week’s tone with Sunday morning furtherance of what you were put on this earth to do. Affirm once again who you really are: a writer.

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you.”
Maya Angelou

NB: At this event, we honor the Tongva, the First People of the land now called Los Angeles. We reverently invite their ancestral spirits to guide us on our path, and thank them most gratefully for their gifts of illumination.

For our full event schedule, visit https://shutupwrite.com