Join me for the Creative Hour today

All the details of our Google Meet writing session.

Hello! It’s that time again – another In Writing Creative Hour, which means I’ll be on Google Meet from 6pm UK time today (Sunday 18 June). This is an hour later than we usually do it, on the logic that the days are long here right now, and summer Sundays are often taken up with barbecues and other outings, and maybe you don’t want to sit indoors at 5pm? Or maybe you do? We’ll find out!

If you’re in a different time zone, you can use this calculator to work out what time we’re meeting – just put your own location into the second section.

If you haven’t attended a Creative Hour before, it’s a get-together for paying subscribers online. We say hello and have a brief chat, then write together in companionable silence for fifty minutes. It’s a small act of writerly solidarity, an opportunity to get to know other writers, and a lovely way to end the week.

What I really love is putting faces to the names of those who subscribe to In Writing, and chatting about the projects you’re working on – do tell me what that is (you can keep it vague if it’s at a top-secret stage).

If you’re planning to join us, let me know in the comments below, if you like.

The schedule:

6pm GMT (that’s UK 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.

6.05-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.

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

7pm: Say goodbye, and feel pleased with yourself for the rest of the day.

The link: