BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Meetup//Meetup Calendar 1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH NAME:Shut Up & Write!® Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay X-WR-CALNAME:Shut Up & Write!® Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo-outlook/America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_316769741@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261020T184305Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261020T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261020T170000 SUMMARY:In Town Writing Jamboree! (2 to 4hrs) [Live Oak] DESCRIPTION:Shut Up & Write!® Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay\nFeeling like a f ish out of water? Come and get your trout on at one of our Fall marathon w riting sessions. Join us for the first 2 hour writing blast\, or dive deep and stay until the tail end.\n\nDo you sometimes find that after an hour or two you are just warming up\, or have a deep topic that requires time t o get into the flow? Or\, you just want to connect with fellow writers at an o-fishal writing event? Join us this Tuesday!\n\n**New Venue!**\nOur Tr out events seemed to slip through our fingers\, so we are moving the event from Felton into Santa Cruz’s Live Oak neighborhood\, in the community room of Shoreline Mobile Estates!\n\n**Deluxe Amenities**\n\\- Swimming po ol option \\(until Oct 31\\)\\. Bring swimsuit and towel\\.\n\\- Free WiFi and decent cell phone coverage\\.\n\\- Outlets for electronics\\\, a full kitchen with fridge and a microwave\\\, and a full size cooking range in case you’d like to cook for us\\!\n\n**Approximate Schedule**:\n1:00 — 1:15 — Check in with group — what is today's goal?\n\n1:15 —> Write like a trout\, leaping upstream. Write like a salmon in the wind!\n\n**3 — 5pm — Happy Hour!** We will no longer have wait staff looking hungri ly at us for Happy Hour orders\, but we might stretch our legs or share so me home made snacks at the Jamboree — where every hour is happy hour!\n\ n4:45 — Wrap up\, feedback\, next steps…\n\n5pm — That’s All Folks ! URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/shutupandwritesantacruz/events/316769 741/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20260929T203058Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T203058Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_316807109@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261020T184305Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261021T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261021T193000 SUMMARY:In Person Shut Up and Write Monterey DESCRIPTION:Shut Up & Write!® Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay\n**IMPORTANT NOTI CE:** This event is listed on the Shut Up & Write! website. For full event details and to reserve your spot\, please join the new Monterey group her e:\nhttps://www.shutupwrite.com/series/id2w12P65000\n\n\\-\\-\\-\n\nWant t o join fellow logophiles for companionship\, commiseration and word-herdin g in real life?\n\nBe it a book\, blog\, script\, essay\, dissertation\, r esume\, 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 ad vice\, but you are free to share thoughts\, ideas\, and questions about wr iting.\n\n5:30 - 5:45 pm—Check-in with optional beverage and/or nosh\n5: 45 - 7:15 pm—Write like your hair is on fire!\n7:15 - 7:30 pm—Check ba ck in. How did you do? Any dilemmas\, insights\, or tips to share with the group? URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/shutupandwritesantacruz/events/316807 109/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20261002T011402Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261002T011402Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_316715894@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261020T184305Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261022T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261022T210000 SUMMARY:Tele-Story: Readings & Discussion [Online!] DESCRIPTION:Shut Up & Write!® Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay\nGentle reader\, would you like to share a sample of your work to a receptive audience\, an d get constructive feedback? Sign up by leaving a comment on this page (an d be sure to RSVP to this evening's event) and your name will appear in du e time on the list below.\n**Please make sure your screen name matches the name you used to sign up.**\n\n1.\n2.\n3.\n4.\n\nAlternate)\n\nAloha!\n\n Join us for another Tele-Story event\, on Zoom!\n\nThe Zoom link will be v isible on this page\, once you RSVP.-- please un-RSVP if your plans change and you will not make it.-- message me for technical assistance.\n\nThese are informal\, low pressure\, wine-friendly opportunities for members to share their writing and invite discussion. We won’t singularly focus on technical writerly feedback\, but rather allow each piece to be a trigger for a short discussion based on what comes up for each of us. Organize you r feedback in terms of what you liked about the piece.\n\nSchedule (update d as we confirm readers):6:30 - 7pm -- Happy Hour (and troubleshooting)-- Say hello\, have a glass of wine or a bite of dinner with us\, virtually.- - Please join us at 6:30 if you are not experienced with Zoom\, in case yo u need to troubleshoot your computer / Zoom.\n\n7:00-9:00pm -- Readings an d Discussion. Leave a comment below or message the host if you'd like to r ead. And\, don't forget to RSVP if you plan to read! Otherwise\, please jo in us as a valued listener and discussant!\n\nUsual format for authors:\n\ nFour confirmed speakers\, and one alternate.\nConfirmed speakers have a t otal of 30 minutes for reading followed by feedback. Any unused time will go to alternates.\nAuthors usually aim for five to ten minutes of reading (\\~5\, double spaced).\nFeedback will start with a "lightening round" of short\, constructive comments. Authors can ask for clarification but shoul d avoid back-and-forth discussion until after the lightening round.\nIf yo u want a particular kind of feedback\, or a different format\, feel free t o discuss with the host or let the listeners know before you read.\nUsual format for listeners / feedback:\n\nWe start with a "lightening round"\, w here everyone has the option to give one minute of feedback (with an addit ional minute of overtime\, at the discretion of the host and author).\nFoc us on what you liked and what could make it even better\, rather than what "didn't work".\nUse Zoom's "Raise hand" option\, to give feedback.\nAfter the lightening round\, we open it up to longer form feedback and discussi on.\nAvoid "interviewing the author"\, and focus on the writing\, unless t here is an abundance of time.\nIt is never too early to let us know you ar e available to read Next Time!\n\nP.S. Zoom / internet problems:Telephone audio is much more reliable\, if you don't have a stable internet\, with ( or without) your computer video. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/shutupandwritesantacruz/events/316715 894/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20260925T222018Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T222018Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_316842495@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261020T184305Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261024T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261024T130000 SUMMARY:Cancelled: Saturday at the Abbey DESCRIPTION:Shut Up & Write!® Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay\nCancelled for no w\, but join us Tuesdays in Capitola!\n\nCome write with us at The Abbey c offee shop\, on Highland between Mission and High Street.\n\nBe it a book\ , short story\, essay\, graphic novel\, poem\, academic paper\, blog post\ , or work stuff\, all forms of writing are welcome!\n\n10:45 — Settle in \, get coffee or a bite to eat\n11:00 — Check in: what is today's goal?\ n11:15 — Write like your hair is on fire\n1:00 — Check back in: How di d it go? URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/shutupandwritesantacruz/events/316842 495/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20261004T183538Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261004T183538Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_317055256@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261020T184305Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261025T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261025T203000 SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write!™ Sunday Evening Sedulites DESCRIPTION:Shut Up & Write!® Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay\n***Please note: We do not admit writers during the silent writing portion from 6:45 to 8:3 0. If you miss check-in\, please join us for check out at 8:30.***\n\nWelc ome everyone! A sedulite is a person who prizes diligence\, perseverance\, and assiduity.\n\nFollow-up on how you did after your writing session via the event page comment section is always encouraged.\n\nIf you sign up an d realize you won't be able to make it\, it's helpful to amend your RSVP t o "Not Going" status. Thank you!\n\nBe it a book\, blog\, script\, essay\, dissertation\, zine\, 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\, c ome and get some real writing done.\n\nSCHEDULE:\n6:30 pm (zoom meeting st arts) - we go around and give quick intros\, what we plan to work on.\n6:4 5 pm (time varies by size of attendance) - time to "shut up and write" for the remaining time.\n***No admissions during the silent writing time.***\ n8:30 pm Join the closing check-out session\, or just keep writing. Take s atisfaction in having done some writing tonight!\n\nSee you Sundays URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/shutupandwritesantacruz/events/317055 256/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20261020T003852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T003852Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_316886901@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261020T184305Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261027T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261027T170000 SUMMARY:In Town Writing Jamboree! (2 to 4hrs) [Live Oak] DESCRIPTION:Shut Up & Write!® Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay\nFeeling like a f ish out of water? Come and get your trout on at one of our Fall marathon w riting sessions. Join us for the first 2 hour writing blast\, or dive deep and stay until the tail end.\n\nDo you sometimes find that after an hour or two you are just warming up\, or have a deep topic that requires time t o get into the flow? Or\, you just want to connect with fellow writers at an o-fishal writing event? Join us this Tuesday!\n\n**New Venue!**\nOur Tr out events seemed to slip through our fingers\, so we are moving the event from Felton into Santa Cruz’s Live Oak neighborhood\, in the community room of Shoreline Mobile Estates!\n\n**Deluxe Amenities**\n\\- Swimming po ol option \\(until Oct 31\\)\\. Bring swimsuit and towel\\.\n\\- Free WiFi and decent cell phone coverage\\.\n\\- Outlets for electronics\\\, a full kitchen with fridge and a microwave\\\, and a full size cooking range in case you’d like to cook for us\\!\n\n**Approximate Schedule**:\n1:00 — 1:15 — Check in with group — what is today's goal?\n\n1:15 —> Write like a trout\, leaping upstream. Write like a salmon in the wind!\n\n**3 — 5pm — Happy Hour!** We will no longer have wait staff looking hungri ly at us for Happy Hour orders\, but we might stretch our legs or share so me home made snacks at the Jamboree — where every hour is happy hour!\n\ n4:45 — Wrap up\, feedback\, next steps…\n\n5pm — That’s All Folks ! URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/shutupandwritesantacruz/events/316886 901/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20261007T202028Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261007T202028Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_316872983@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261020T184305Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261028T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261028T193000 SUMMARY:In Person Shut Up and Write Monterey DESCRIPTION:Shut Up & Write!® Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay\n**IMPORTANT NOTI CE:** This event is listed on the Shut Up & Write! website. For full event details and to reserve your spot\, please join the new Monterey group her e:\nhttps://www.shutupwrite.com/series/id2w12P65000\n\n\\-\\-\\-\n\nWant t o join fellow logophiles for companionship\, commiseration and word-herdin g in real life?\n\nBe it a book\, blog\, script\, essay\, dissertation\, r esume\, 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 ad vice\, but you are free to share thoughts\, ideas\, and questions about wr iting.\n\n5:30 - 5:45 pm—Check-in with optional beverage and/or nosh\n5: 45 - 7:15 pm—Write like your hair is on fire!\n7:15 - 7:30 pm—Check ba ck in. How did you do? Any dilemmas\, insights\, or tips to share with the group? URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/shutupandwritesantacruz/events/316872 983/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20261006T200108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261006T200108Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_316919578@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261020T184305Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261029T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261029T210000 SUMMARY:Tele-Story: Readings & Discussion [Online!] DESCRIPTION:Shut Up & Write!® Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay\nGentle reader\, would you like to share a sample of your work to a receptive audience\, an d get constructive feedback? Sign up by leaving a comment on this page (an d be sure to RSVP to this evening's event) and your name will appear in du e time on the list below.\n**Please make sure your screen name matches the name you used to sign up.**\n\n1.\n2.\n3.\n4.\n\nAlternate)\n\nAloha!\n\n Join us for another Tele-Story event\, on Zoom!\n\nThe Zoom link will be v isible on this page\, once you RSVP.-- please un-RSVP if your plans change and you will not make it.-- message me for technical assistance.\n\nThese are informal\, low pressure\, wine-friendly opportunities for members to share their writing and invite discussion. We won’t singularly focus on technical writerly feedback\, but rather allow each piece to be a trigger for a short discussion based on what comes up for each of us. Organize you r feedback in terms of what you liked about the piece.\n\nSchedule (update d as we confirm readers):6:30 - 7pm -- Happy Hour (and troubleshooting)-- Say hello\, have a glass of wine or a bite of dinner with us\, virtually.- - Please join us at 6:30 if you are not experienced with Zoom\, in case yo u need to troubleshoot your computer / Zoom.\n\n7:00-9:00pm -- Readings an d Discussion. Leave a comment below or message the host if you'd like to r ead. And\, don't forget to RSVP if you plan to read! Otherwise\, please jo in us as a valued listener and discussant!\n\nUsual format for authors:\n\ nFour confirmed speakers\, and one alternate.\nConfirmed speakers have a t otal of 30 minutes for reading followed by feedback. Any unused time will go to alternates.\nAuthors usually aim for five to ten minutes of reading (\\~5\, double spaced).\nFeedback will start with a "lightening round" of short\, constructive comments. Authors can ask for clarification but shoul d avoid back-and-forth discussion until after the lightening round.\nIf yo u want a particular kind of feedback\, or a different format\, feel free t o discuss with the host or let the listeners know before you read.\nUsual format for listeners / feedback:\n\nWe start with a "lightening round"\, w here everyone has the option to give one minute of feedback (with an addit ional minute of overtime\, at the discretion of the host and author).\nFoc us on what you liked and what could make it even better\, rather than what "didn't work".\nUse Zoom's "Raise hand" option\, to give feedback.\nAfter the lightening round\, we open it up to longer form feedback and discussi on.\nAvoid "interviewing the author"\, and focus on the writing\, unless t here is an abundance of time.\nIt is never too early to let us know you ar e available to read Next Time!\n\nP.S. Zoom / internet problems:Telephone audio is much more reliable\, if you don't have a stable internet\, with ( or without) your computer video. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/shutupandwritesantacruz/events/316919 578/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20261010T015403Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261010T015403Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_316937785@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261020T184305Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261031T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261031T130000 SUMMARY:Cancelled: Saturday at the Abbey DESCRIPTION:Shut Up & Write!® Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay\nCancelled for no w\, but join us Tuesdays in Capitola!\n\nCome write with us at The Abbey c offee shop\, on Highland between Mission and High Street.\n\nBe it a book\ , short story\, essay\, graphic novel\, poem\, academic paper\, blog post\ , or work stuff\, all forms of writing are welcome!\n\n10:45 — Settle in \, get coffee or a bite to eat\n11:00 — Check in: what is today's goal?\ n11:15 — Write like your hair is on fire\n1:00 — Check back in: How di d it go? URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/shutupandwritesantacruz/events/316937 785/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20261011T183305Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261011T183305Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_317055392@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261020T184305Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261101T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261101T203000 SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write!™ Sunday Evening Sedulites DESCRIPTION:Shut Up & Write!® Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay\n***Please note: We do not admit writers during the silent writing portion from 6:45 to 8:3 0. If you miss check-in\, please join us for check out at 8:30.***\n\nWelc ome everyone! A sedulite is a person who prizes diligence\, perseverance\, and assiduity.\n\nFollow-up on how you did after your writing session via the event page comment section is always encouraged.\n\nIf you sign up an d realize you won't be able to make it\, it's helpful to amend your RSVP t o "Not Going" status. Thank you!\n\nBe it a book\, blog\, script\, essay\, dissertation\, zine\, 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\, c ome and get some real writing done.\n\nSCHEDULE:\n6:30 pm (zoom meeting st arts) - we go around and give quick intros\, what we plan to work on.\n6:4 5 pm (time varies by size of attendance) - time to "shut up and write" for the remaining time.\n***No admissions during the silent writing time.***\ n8:30 pm Join the closing check-out session\, or just keep writing. Take s atisfaction in having done some writing tonight!\n\nSee you Sundays URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/shutupandwritesantacruz/events/317055 392/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20261020T010133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T010133Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.meetup.com/shutupandwritesantacruz/events/ical/ X-WR-CALNAME:Shut Up & Write!® Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay END:VCALENDAR