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
Don't forget to sign the guestbook at the bottom of the page!
SMOG (sweet mother of god) Am I actually here? And planning on actually writing? Am I ignoring the fact that my brother and his family have NO PLACE in my house TO BE when they arrive from Hawaii in a day and a half??? Am I ignoring the clean clothes piled waist high in my bedroom??? Am I ignoring the closet stuff piled just as high in the newly uncloseted guest room/office?? Am I ignoring that my aero bed has a hole in it, and my brother and his wife won't have a bed in which to sleep??
H - your enthusiasm is infectious. I was about to moop about my pathetic book ending (which is, btw, pathetic) but now I am all SMOG I will be WRITING and I will LIKE IT!
My list. I am ignoring my list and writing all day. There may be hell to pay. I am so glad you guys are here! Heather, your life sounds nutzo! But you are like Joan of Arc in that chaos.
SMOG, it is time to shove off and enjoy our damned writing as painful as it may be! We have this hour and only this hour so we better make the best of it. I look forward to meeting up with you when the bloodbath is over.
SMOG (sweet mother of god) Am I actually here? And planning on actually writing? Am I ignoring the fact that my brother and his family have NO PLACE in my house TO BE when they arrive from Hawaii in a day and a half??? Am I ignoring the clean clothes piled waist high in my bedroom??? Am I ignoring the closet stuff piled just as high in the newly uncloseted guest room/office?? Am I ignoring that my aero bed has a hole in it, and my brother and his wife won't have a bed in which to sleep??
ReplyDeleteHell yes!!
What are you guys ignoring??
I will try to work on revisions. But the child has been so needy lately, I can't guarantee any progress. I'll try to at least make the chat.
ReplyDeleteH - your enthusiasm is infectious. I was about to moop about my pathetic book ending (which is, btw, pathetic) but now I am all SMOG I will be WRITING and I will LIKE IT!
ReplyDeleteMy list. I am ignoring my list and writing all day. There may be hell to pay. I am so glad you guys are here! Heather, your life sounds nutzo! But you are like Joan of Arc in that chaos.
ReplyDeleteSMOG is the new moop! YAY!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHaha! yes, SMOG is the new moop! So instead of mooping, I shall spend the rest of my day shouting SMOG!!!! And I shall be happy!
ReplyDeleteSMOG, it is time to shove off and enjoy our damned writing as painful as it may be! We have this hour and only this hour so we better make the best of it. I look forward to meeting up with you when the bloodbath is over.
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