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!


Nov 12, 2010

Post 1: Unpluggage Begins 11:00 am eastern

Hey there writers!! We're going to unplug at 11 am EST if you want to join us here at The Practice room! Just leave a comment posting your goal for the hour, then we'll unplug until 12 pm EST.

In Post 3, we'll reconvene with a chat box, so be sure to sign in to Chatroll and please join us! If no one checks in for Post 1 by 11 EST, the reconvention chat in Post 3 will be canceled!

Are you new here? We don't bite! Be sure to say hello!
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8 comments:

  1. Krystalyn DrownNovember 12, 2010 at 9:33 AM

    Hey, I'm here. I have 49 pages left in the Critique That Never Ends, but since I'm on my laptop in the living room with the kid today, and the CTNE is on the office computer, I'll be working on some short critiques for the OWG. Hopefully, I will feel accomplished if I get two done.

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  2. Tina Laurel LeeNovember 12, 2010 at 9:42 AM

    That sounds great, Krystey! I am gonna keep on writing. I have about 800 more words to go.

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  3. Heather KellyNovember 12, 2010 at 9:43 AM

    Hello!!! I am rushing around to get the house ready for guests. Oh--if you could see the mess!! Laundry (clean) strewn everywhere, toys in all corners, piles of papers and halloween costumes, blow-up beds that need to be inflated, summer sandals to put away...

    Of course I'm unplugging.

    :)

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  4. UnknownNovember 12, 2010 at 9:43 AM

    I'm here to start my daily word count!! I'm starting to get burnt out from NaNo... how're you doing, T? Tired yet? Or still supercharged?

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  5. Tina Laurel LeeNovember 12, 2010 at 9:47 AM

    ha! Heather! Sounds like my kind of scenario!

    Yes, Marisa, a little tired and worried about my circles. Afraid that the well will go dry. But seeing how my story keeps coming clearer and clearer even if I am writing it into a cyclone, I am pushing on. And today the words are coming out in scenes. I seem to have a summary day and then a scene day.

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  6. UnknownNovember 12, 2010 at 10:00 AM

    Tina, you are my favorite rock star!! Seriously, you keep me motivated!!

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  7. Tina Laurel LeeNovember 12, 2010 at 10:01 AM

    Off we go! Write, write, crit!

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  8. Tina Laurel LeeNovember 12, 2010 at 10:02 AM

    Oh! Thanks, Marisa! I am so not a rock star but this has been my NaNo for whatever reason!

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