Shut Up & Write!™ Mission Daytime

Hey Everybody,

We re moving the group to Muddy Water s on Valencia. The format will remain the same, so I’ll leave all the boilerplate below as is. See my postscript for more information about our location change.

The Daytime Mission Shut Up and Write! is a great place to get some writing done in the middle of the week. I hope you ll join us.

Here s the details:

• We will set up in the back of the cafe. Look for the Meetup sign.

• Please check in with me when you arrive. Because we are in a public space with people who will not be there for the meetup, I won t necessarily know you re there for Shut Up & Write! We generally have the entire back of the cafe reserved for us.

• There will be two focused 1.5 hour sessions of writing. No one will look at what you ve written when the meetup is over.

Here s how it works:

9:00 - 9:15 - Brief introductions
9:15 - 10:45 - I ll set the timer and we ll write for an hour and a half.
10:45 - 11 - quick break for coffee, stretching of legs, congratulating each other on 90 minutes of good focus, etc.
11:00 - 12:30 - Heads down, keyboards clacking (or pen flying, if that s your MO)

People can continue to work, chat, or take off as they like.

PLEASE NOTE: The conversations of other patrons at the front of the cafe are not usually distracting, but Muddy Waters usually plays a little bit of quiet jazz. If this isn t your thing, consider bringing your own music device and headphones! There are plenty of electrical outlets, so no worries about making sure your laptop battery is fully charged. AND: Parking can be challenging, so use public transit if possible or leave plenty of time to find a spot; there s more parking south on Valencia if you don t mind walking a few blocks.

I look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday.

Thanks,

John
Your Organizer

P.S. Regarding location: We will always miss Borderlands Cafe. It was our home for many years, and now it s gone. Please continue to support Borderlands Bookstore and the amazing work they do. We tried Manny s for the last several weeks, and it worked reasonably well for us. We love the cafe, and their mission. Their backroom, however, is not ideal for our format. It s just a bit too noisy and filled with distraction. Pretty much everyone agrees that Muddy Waters is better suited to facilitate our writing. We hope you don t mind the change.