A writing date with 1crowdedhour

[pegkerr]

1crowdedhour and I made a Friday night date to get together at a coffee shop to write, which was the first time we've tried this. The Magpie was unexpectedly closed (7:00 on a Friday night?? What were they thinking??) so we went to Anodyne instead. They have better treats, anyway. We had a pleasant conversation about LiveJournal and talked about anxiety about writing. We share a common struggle with having to come up with ever new ways to get past our inner critic.

Then we wrote for a half an hour. This worked out quite well, even though an open mike night event (music and poetry) started up just as we started to work. I managed about 500 words, and 1crowdedhour wrote a respectable chunk, too. We read what we'd written to each other and agreed that what we'd done was good. We may make this a once-a-month event.

Cheers,
Peg

Comments

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

That sounds nice. I have taken to running away to the coffee house across from N E Thyme Cafe (I forget the name) when I needed to get away from the distractions at home and write in peace. It's not as good as sitting in an airplane seat, but it worked for me a few times.

B

[davidschroth.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you attended the open mike event that's hosted by laurafish's uncle on the first Friday of every month. We keep meaning to attend, but other stuff keeps happening.

[blackholly.livejournal.com]

*envies*

[1crowdedhour.livejournal.com]

The open mike event was delightful. I'm only sorry I was there for my own fell motives, because I never even looked up to see who was singing "Someone to Watch Over Me" and she was really good.

Caroline

[oracne.livejournal.com]

My friend L. and I used to do this every Saturday morning. I miss it--maybe we can get back into it now her current job is ending. It helps me a lot to be responsible to someone else for showing up and working.