Quiet Company

A Writing Hour (and a half)

Hi. Good morning.

I try pretty hard to keep to a consistent, daily writing practice, whether or not the writing that comes out is worth keeping or it sucks. (It sucking is more often the case, but whatever, I was happy about this one).

Anyway, I’m going to write tomorrow morning, and I’m going to open a Zoom room where you can join me in that writing practice 6am PT / 9am ET.

I’m going to write for 90 minutes.

No teaching. No expectations. I'm gonna mute the room, so: no sound, either. I’ll leave the chat open so you can say hello that way or share what you’re doing (if you wanna). No video.

Well, I’ll be on video at the beginning to just welcome whoever wants to show up, but then: no video till the end, where I’ll say bye. LOL.

Just a set time to show up with your notebook, laptop, half-formed poem, or whatever’s been asking for your attention lately. You don’t need a camera on. You don’t need to be profound. You don’t need to write the best thing you’ve ever written. By all means, write the worst thing you’ve ever written. You don’t need to share anything.

And honestly if you've got actual work or email or whatever else to do and would just like to do it with someone else who is working—by all means, do that. Or sit there. Or scream as loud as you can from your bedroom in your underwear and Teletubbies socks. We won’t know.

I literally just wanted to create an intentional time and space to show up for myself, and thought I'd invite you to do the same for you, too. I find it helpful to have body-doubles, just knowing someone else is there, working "next to" me.

Maybe you will, too.

Be on time, come in late, don’t come, whatever.

If it feels right, I may lock down a regularly-occuring Thing™️ like this, especially since it’s a practice I accompany myself to, anyway. I don’t know that Saturday mornings are gonna be the best for that, but this Saturday morning is.

Feel free to comment / ask any questions, and / or I'll see you then if I see you then.

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Quiet Company: A Write

🗓️ Saturday, May 10: 6am PT / 9am ET
🕰 90 Minutes
☕️ Short welcome / farewell
🔇 Mics muted while writing
📷 Cameras off
💬 Drop a hello & what you’re doing in the chat if you’d like

Here's the Zoom link you’ll use: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/88424675236?pwd=4XpqUxywN141KW1AQhBc8w6lKbZtwI.1

I’ll post it up again in my Substack Chat prior to the write, and all subscribers (free or paid) have access to it on both mobile and desktop. It’s open to anybody / everybody.

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