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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Jun 1, 2010

Post 1: Unpluggage Begins 10 eastern

What will you be working on? Tell us in the comments.

10 comments:

  1. I'm slap-chopping the first two pages of my next chapter. Wrote it, though it was dull, and am now going to be rearranging everything... hope I like it!

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  2. I'm not slap chopping anything but I sure like that idea. More story. Got to get my daughter to bed though. But quick if I am to do this thing.

    I didn't even notice your typo the first time around.

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  3. I'm here! I'm working on clues, baby!

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  4. Woo hoo for us! Although I'm not sure how well I'll do tonight b/c man, I'm misspelling everything. In a really bad way. Like, I just wrote 'the' as 'fth' and if I keep that up, I'll have to toss my entire chapter.

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  5. Am I late??? Everyone's chimed in before 9 p.m. Well, if I'm not I'll be working on layering a new opening scene to my current, completed ms. Yes, completed but I've decided it needed a little more sass to open with. ";-)

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  6. Ooh, your clock is incorrect. I'm not late!! Yay.

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  7. Sheri--Tina is one hour behind eastern time. It sends me for a loop every time I see it too.

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  8. So I am here, with my friends though, so no writing, but I'll be in the chat.

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