A Commitment to Story: Monthly Virtual Write-Ins

A Commitment to Story: Monthly Virtual Write-Ins

Last Tuesday of the Month (no meeting December)

We're throwing it back to the 20-teens and bringing back an old CBW-LA favorite: the weekday write-in. But this time... virtual!

Back in the day, we used to host two hour quiet writing sessions at a coffee shop in Manhattan Beach—time for our members to get together and sit together to work on any current writing project. Mostly quiet time, there was also an opportunity to check in briefly about the projects and voice questions or stumbling blocks. Members outlined, wrote early drafts, edited, and even worked on pitches and marketing proposals for their work.

As time went on and schedules shifted, we got away from the format, but now we're reintroducing it. Just a little bit different. 

Shorter (one hour). 

Later (evenings). 

And Virtual (our members live all across the country now, coast-to-coast, so let's make it easy to connect).

The format will be similar: brief connection and dedicated quiet writing time. 

We'll take 10 minutes at the start to check in with a sentence about each person's intention for the writing time and a breathing exercise to drop into creative flow, then we'll set a timer to write for 40-45 minutes. At the end, we'll wrap up with a brief coming together (5-10 minutes) and release. We'd love to see your face at the beginning and end during check-in, but please feel free to turn off the camera during writing time and breathing exercises.

This is a  supportive community offering to help you carve out time, each month, devoted to the craft and joy of writing stories. Free for CBW-LA Members, $10 for non-members.