Boulevard Voltaire. Photo by Sean Fitzroy.
But crowds still appear in parks with picnic baskets and blankets to watch outdoor movies. Sunny enough this year, too, for Paris Plages (ends this Sunday). The tourist sites must be packed, as well, though I haven’t been anywhere near those for awhile.
It’s August in Paris. A slow, delicious month. Counterintuitively to some, it’s my favorite one. I love working during this time. Less pressure in the air as others holiday, I feel as if I’m getting ahead.
Corner cafe. Photo by Michele Filgate.
I’ve come up with an idea, friends, and I’m excited to share. I hope you will join if you can.
Starting in September, I will begin hosting “write-in” sessions in my home. Not a workshop. Not a class. Rather “communal scribble sessions in the City of Light.”
So often, the biggest challenge in writing is the most basic of steps: sitting down and staying there to do it. I think a lot about why it’s so hard to keep one’s butt in the chair – resistance, doubt, distractions, fear.
I know I’m not alone. It’s a solitary act, writing. And yet we, writers, are a tribe.
What if I created a community specifically to foster collective creative energy in a supportive environment? Offered a cozy space to focus on projects, our concentration on solo work buoyed by a group?
I’ve launched Write-In Paris (WIP) and would love for you to take a look. Think of it as a weekly date with your writing in good company. Consider it a membership to a writer’s gym – only this gym is always super fun with like-minded souls. You’ll commit to your writing practice and it’s a promise you’ll want to keep.
I’m looking forward to the rentree now. I can’t wait to put WIP into play!
Please visit the Write-In Paris (WIP) website for full details on schedules and pricing. Then, I hope you sign up!
Thoughts? Ideas? I welcome your suggestions of how to make WIP great and how to spread the word. Thank you!
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