Wonderful wisdom Hattie. Thank you for hosting the writing hour, I haven’t managed to get to one for a while but hoping to on Sunday. My writing always benefits from showing up there. I still find it a little weird and wonderful, the support of being together with strangers in these hours.
It's always so good to meet the other writers and sit with you in your shared community Hattie. I loved seeing Kelly and seeing her great comment. I've certainly achieved far more since joining your writing hour. And like you, I love the home environment - slobbing around in track suit bottoms or whatever, being able to grab a snack - things I can't do when I'm in the public sphere where I feel more exposed.
Since zoom opened up with covid I reckon people are more comfortable about letting others into their sometimes messy disarranged environments, a bed unmade in the background, a cushion out of place, a coffee cup and a candle, whatever....We can be real. We are creatives! Thank you, thanks Kelly, and thanks to you all!
I love this! Musicians show up to play the instrument to improve, painters show up with their brushes to be better artists, athletes show up in the field to be next level players, and why should writers be any different?!
A lovely ex-boyfriend did a collaborative project via Kickstarter that went very well. He wrote and illustrated a book then got friends to record a soundtrack for it - a vinyl record that came with the book. For its launch party, other friends were involved, performing on stage (tapdance, music). As you mentioned Hattie, I think having a goal is essential, focussing all these collaborators, and it's probably also a good idea for one person to lead (keep the collective focused).
Wonderful wisdom Hattie. Thank you for hosting the writing hour, I haven’t managed to get to one for a while but hoping to on Sunday. My writing always benefits from showing up there. I still find it a little weird and wonderful, the support of being together with strangers in these hours.
It's always so good to meet the other writers and sit with you in your shared community Hattie. I loved seeing Kelly and seeing her great comment. I've certainly achieved far more since joining your writing hour. And like you, I love the home environment - slobbing around in track suit bottoms or whatever, being able to grab a snack - things I can't do when I'm in the public sphere where I feel more exposed.
Since zoom opened up with covid I reckon people are more comfortable about letting others into their sometimes messy disarranged environments, a bed unmade in the background, a cushion out of place, a coffee cup and a candle, whatever....We can be real. We are creatives! Thank you, thanks Kelly, and thanks to you all!
I love this! Musicians show up to play the instrument to improve, painters show up with their brushes to be better artists, athletes show up in the field to be next level players, and why should writers be any different?!
This is good stuff
A lovely ex-boyfriend did a collaborative project via Kickstarter that went very well. He wrote and illustrated a book then got friends to record a soundtrack for it - a vinyl record that came with the book. For its launch party, other friends were involved, performing on stage (tapdance, music). As you mentioned Hattie, I think having a goal is essential, focussing all these collaborators, and it's probably also a good idea for one person to lead (keep the collective focused).
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