Shut Up and Write!

Shut Up and Write! is a monthly session for writers to come together and write. Each session involves a couple of exercises aimed at helping writers to strengthen their creative muscles, with a bit of discussion of writing craft.

Shut Up and Write! is not a conventional, mutual-critique writing group in which participants share pieces with each other, read them, and then get together to offer feedback. Instead, we come together to write. Hosted by the Northwest Ontario Writers Workshop, each session involves some kind of writing prompt, stream of consciousness, or other exercise, but always in the mode of no self-censorship, no editing, and no stopping to figure out “What next?”

This practice is partly about learning to silence your inner critic and to trust your intuition. The sessions are aimed at helping you strengthen your creative muscles, and to become more productive by learning to trust your intuition.

There is no cost, the sessions are open to the public, and creative writers of all skill levels are welcome.