Need structure? Want to find camaraderie? Tired of writing in solitude? Join our virtual office space. At TPR someone is always in the cubicle next to you.

Here's how the practice room works:

First of all, EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

At the given date and time (weekly schedule posted below), meet at post 1. It appears 30 minutes in advance of the hour (barring unusual circumstances), giving us a chance to set our goals in the comments. Declare your goal. Work toward furthering your project; word counting, revision, or whatever it needs - you decide.

Post 2: WE ARE UNPLUGGED! announces our hour. During that time, we write! The rules: no procrastinations. Please feel free to make tea or stand on your head as needed.

When the time is up, Post 3 appears with a chat box and we will get a chance to converse, or you can comment old-style to tell us what you got done! We are dying to know!

Read about a typical first time here. I make the schedule every Sunday. It will remain up in the side bar until I post the next week's schedule (feel free to make requests for particular times in the comments - I take them into serious consideration). All additions will be noted in in the side bar. Come back and check it often. (The schedule times are listed in Eastern Time Zone but the blog posts in Central - Tina's time zone. Our visitors are from all over the map.)

Please email me with questions, comments, or just to introduce yourself! tina dot laurel at gmail dot com

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Apr 12, 2010

Unpluggage begins at 12 Eastern.

Please set your goals in the comments! What are you going to work on?

9 comments:

  1. Hi Tina! I'm so excited to be here. I'm making forward progress with revisions today on chapter 12 (I think?? --I had to check, but yes, chapter 12). I took the weekend off, so I'm looking to get some momentum back. How about you? What are you working on?

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  2. Oh, what to work on! I am going to start out by reading my draft--reading ahead and seeing if skipping this part gets my juices flowing. If that doesn't work I sware that I am going to move on to something totally unrelated!!

    Looking forward to the hour!

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  3. And, Heather, your goals sound great. It is so funny that the book is so much a part of your life but two days away seems like an eternity.

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  4. Two days away, and I feel as though I don't remember my main character's name!!! So funny. Luckily it PULLS ME right back IN!

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  5. Hi!

    Okay, my kids are being impossible today (so unfair because I just dedicated to sold hours to playing with them this morning) but if they give me some whine-free time, my goal is to flesh out one of my scenes in Chapter 13. I'm not expecting greatness, but I at least want the words down on paper so I can revise them into something better later

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  6. I'm a little late, but I am participating. I will not get a full hour in, but I will get some time in. Ready, set, go!

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  7. Marisa, that sounds perfect! Even just practicing writing on chapter 13 while those two cuties are impossible sounds like a good goal! Looking forward to hearing what happens!

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  8. Yay, Kelly, never late as far as I'm concerned (and technically it doesn't start for a couple minutes), just fashionable! Do what you can!

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