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!
I am here!! I'll be cutting drawing paper and laying out E for Elephant in my illustrated alphabet art series. Yep, no writing for me! I'm not touching a single word doc until NOVEMBER FIRST!
I am here too! And that is marvelous news. Both about the E and the not touching a word doc. I love the specificity, because I count on you doing plenty of morning pages between now and then and how the heck do you write outlines? With colored pencils?
Speaking of which, it is either outline or resume for me. I am kinda excited about these nearly back to back unplugs.
OUTLINE! That is much more exciting than a resume.
Tina, my outlines are really just a numbered list of scenes I want to write and which characters will be in them... and all that is handwritten. I don't usually begin a word doc until I've worked out a whole story and am ready to start typing!
I am here!! I'll be cutting drawing paper and laying out E for Elephant in my illustrated alphabet art series. Yep, no writing for me! I'm not touching a single word doc until NOVEMBER FIRST!
ReplyDeleteI am here too! And that is marvelous news. Both about the E and the not touching a word doc. I love the specificity, because I count on you doing plenty of morning pages between now and then and how the heck do you write outlines? With colored pencils?
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of which, it is either outline or resume for me. I am kinda excited about these nearly back to back unplugs.
OUTLINE! That is much more exciting than a resume.
ReplyDeleteTina, my outlines are really just a numbered list of scenes I want to write and which characters will be in them... and all that is handwritten. I don't usually begin a word doc until I've worked out a whole story and am ready to start typing!
HANDWRITE POWER!
Hey gang!! I'm here. Planning to do some revising and maybe some brainstorming.
ReplyDeleteYay, Heather's here! Yay to good ol' pen and paper! Off we go folks!
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