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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May 10, 2010
Post 1: Unpluggage begins at 12pm eastern.
What will you be working on? Tell us in the comments.
I have a new scene to write, but first my plan is to go back and read the previous two chapters, so I can make sure the mood is right for the new scene.
I am going to try to play today. I woke up on the wrong side of the bed so I need an attitude adjustment!
My writing partner and I have an assignment to practice something, anything related to craft this week and hand each other two pages of it. So that is what I will do.
Playing sounds fun :) I like how you do that with your writing partner, Tina! Its nice having a writing friend to keep you motivated with making goals and hitting them! I have a friend who demands to see my writing each week, to keep me on track. I was stoked to email her 34 pages (everything I'd done in the last 1.5 weeks) on Sunday, and she loved them :D yay!
Yup, and I have the unpluggages to thank for that. That's about 6 hours of writing (and then a billion off-unpluggage hours agonizing over what I've written)
Hey guys, I made it. I just started a new historical fiction mg book. I'm not entirely out of the research phase yet, but figured writing a super rough draft would show me what I still need to research. So that is what I'm going to do today. Write the rough draft, not do the research.
hello, hello! Hope you all had a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteI have a new scene to write, but first my plan is to go back and read the previous two chapters, so I can make sure the mood is right for the new scene.
I am going to try to play today. I woke up on the wrong side of the bed so I need an attitude adjustment!
ReplyDeleteMy writing partner and I have an assignment to practice something, anything related to craft this week and hand each other two pages of it. So that is what I will do.
Marisa, you seem like you are moving right along. SO COOL.
ReplyDeletePlaying sounds fun :) I like how you do that with your writing partner, Tina! Its nice having a writing friend to keep you motivated with making goals and hitting them! I have a friend who demands to see my writing each week, to keep me on track. I was stoked to email her 34 pages (everything I'd done in the last 1.5 weeks) on Sunday, and she loved them :D yay!
ReplyDelete34 pages! Holy Cow!
ReplyDeleteYup, and I have the unpluggages to thank for that. That's about 6 hours of writing (and then a billion off-unpluggage hours agonizing over what I've written)
ReplyDeleteHey guys, I made it. I just started a new historical fiction mg book. I'm not entirely out of the research phase yet, but figured writing a super rough draft would show me what I still need to research. So that is what I'm going to do today. Write the rough draft, not do the research.
ReplyDeleteCool, Kate. Welcome. I can't wait to hear how your rough draft goes!
ReplyDeleteOkay, off we go. See you in an hour!
ReplyDeleteI'm here, but a little late.
ReplyDeleteYay, you're here! Now I am officially unplugged!
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