..........Shut Up & Write: September 20, 2013
Shut Up & Write! is an event which has become common in Writers Groups in recent years. Authors agree to meet at a particular site, usually a cafe or a restaurant, say hello to each other, and then pull out their laptops and type for an hour or more. Shut Up & Write! helps writers to schedule time for writing and also serves to create a community atmosphere for what is essentially a solitary career.
Our parent group, the Science Fiction Association of Bergen County, has conducted a couple of Shut Up & Write! sessions as its Special Activity of the month. Since this has been an activity open to all members of the Association, non-writers have attended and worked on their email or caught up on their reading during the quiet time.
We plan to include Shut Up & Write in our Writers' Space Salon event mix in the future.