Cranky Guide Writing "Hour": 1,000 Words of Summer Edition
With some write-ins for free subscribers!
Have you heard of 1,000 Words of Summer? Author Jami Attenberg has been running this annual writing challenge for the past eight years. Basically, you commit to writing a thousand words, every day, for two weeks straight. This year’s run starts tomorrow May 31 and goes until June 13. I’ve attempted this streak for several years and have failed almost every time. But have I still produced more writing than usual, even when I can’t meet the 1,000 words goal? Yes I have. This year, I feel like I need it more than ever, seeing as I have a bunch of half-baked ideas, unfinished essays and novel notes piling up in my laptop and on my desk.
To help me reach my dreams, and to help you too, I’m scheduling a Cranky Guide Writing “Hour” for every day of 1,000 Words of Summer. While the bulk of them will be for my very lovely paid subscribers, I’ll be opening up three of those sessions for the free readers because your support also means the world to me.
How does the Crank Guide Writing “Hour” work? Easy! We virtually meet-up via Zoom to write or literally work on anything you need to power through. I’m not your teacher, I won’t balk if you don’t follow instructions. We usually check-in for 5 minutes to talk about our goal for the session. Then I set the timer for 30 minutes and we type away. Some people leave their cameras on, some don’t. It’s a very you-do-you kind of thing! At the end, we chat a bit about how it went and say our goodbyes.
Here are the dates and time for the open-for-all sessions:
Saturday, May 31 at 10 am CT/11am ET: FREE 1,000 Words of Summer Kick-Off Write-In
Saturday, June 7 at 10 am CT/11 am ET: FREE 1,000 Words of Summer Midway Point Write-In
Friday, June 13 at 12 pm CT/ 1pm ET: FREE 1,000 Words of Summer Last Day Write-In
The dates and times for paid subscribers sessions are as follows:
Monday-Thursday (June 2-5 and June 9-12) at 5:30 pm CT/6:30 pm ET
Friday, June 6 at 12 pm CT/1pm ET
Sundays (June 1 and June 8) at 10 am CT/11 am ET
If you want to upgrade your subscription, this is an excellent time to do so! My Get Out of DOGE Birthday Sale ends tomorrow, May 31. Get 20% off annual or monthly subscriptions and access to a whole bunch of stuff, including these rest of the 1,000 Words of Summer write-in sessions.
You can find the link for the paid subscriber session behind the paywall. Let’s get writing!