Come and write with me – today at 10am

Your invitation to join the In Writing Creative Hour on Google Meet.

Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash

I was going to start by declaring that today will be the first In Writing Creative Hour of the new year, as though that would make it a more important one – symbolic of setting our intentions to be productive in 2023. But somehow we’re already halfway through January, so that feels a bit like rolling out of bed at 11am on Tuesday and then expecting people to be impressed that you’re making coffee.

Whatever! It’s still the first one of 2023, we’re still champions of motivation, and I’m excited to see you again. If you haven’t joined in before, the Creative Hour is a get-together for paying subscribers on Google Meet, where we say hello and chat, then write together in companionable silence for 50 minutes. It’s a small act of writerly solidarity, an opportunity to get to know each other a bit, and a good way to start off your Sunday (or end your Sunday, depending on where you are in the world).

The schedule:

10am GMT (that’s London time): Click the link below to open Google Meet.

I’d love you to switch your camera on for the first few minutes while we settle in, and keep it on throughout the hour if you can bear it (it adds to the feeling that we’re all working side by side). As for microphones, we’ll follow a general rule of staying on mute, but unmuting when we want to speak. Please chime in during the chats at the beginning and end – I’d love to hear from you.

10.05am-ish: Writing time. If you’re running late, you’re welcome to slip in whenever, but don’t be offended if we don’t say hello. As for what to write – it’s totally up to you. Pick up a project that you’ve been neglecting, start something new, or if you’re stuck for inspiration, do some journalling or write a letter.

10.55am-ish: We’ll return to wrap up the hour and reflect on how it went.

11am: Say goodbye, and feel pleased with yourself for the rest of the day.

The link: