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The Writer's Studio at SFU @twssfu.bsky.social · 10d

Writers! Give @TWSSFU a follow & enter into your 2025 calendars the upcoming #TWSsprints and #TWSOchat sessions. Twitter Sessions: 2nd Sunday of each month -- TWS Twitter Chats #TWSOchat 4th Sunday of each month -- TWS Writing Sprints #TWSsprints

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The Writer's Studio at SFU @twssfu.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks all for joining us today for #TWSsprints! Keep writing now that you are all warmed up & use this exercise on your own too! Enjoy the rest of your day and we'll see you for the next sprints on the fourth Sunday of the month #amwriting #writers #writing

The Writer's Studio at SFU @twssfu.bsky.social · 10d

What's your final word count for the whole exercise or your last sprint? Let us know and keep track of it for next month's #TWSsprints #amwriting #writingsprints

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Danny Aldham @danny-aldham.bsky.social · 10d

Only 230 words. But I am using the exercise to understand some concepts of 'Deliberate Practice' as defined by Stephen Cope. This counts to that, in my understanding.

#amwriting #TWSsprints #writing #writingsprints #writers #writerslift

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The Writer's Studio at SFU @twssfu.bsky.social · 10d

STOP! #TWSsprints Great work #writers, if you've gone this far you've done your warm up for the day. Keep going if you can, because sometimes good writing can appear after a sprint warm up! #amwriting

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The Writer's Studio at SFU @twssfu.bsky.social · 10d

Time to start the final sprint, keep going! #TWSsprints, write for another 15mins. #amwriting Free yourself from the writing process, just write whatever comes out down. You will go back later and revise, just keep writing! #words #writers #writing #writingsprints

The Writer's Studio at SFU @twssfu.bsky.social · 10d

STOP, and take a break for 5mins! #TWSsprints Breathe out, grab some snacks or more tea/coffee for the next sprint. #amwriting #writerslife

The Writer's Studio at SFU @twssfu.bsky.social · 10d

And START Writing again, part two of three sections for the sprint. #TWSsprints #writing #amwriting #writingexercises #writers #writingsprints

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The Writer's Studio at SFU @twssfu.bsky.social · 10d

Tweet us your words and/or your word count if you'd like! #TWSsprints Please feel free to share as we'd love to see some TWS sprints. #amwriting #WritingCommunity

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The Writer's Studio at SFU @twssfu.bsky.social · 10d

STOP, and take a break for 5mins! #TWSsprints Breathe out, grab some snacks or more iced tea/coffee for the next sprint. #amwriting #writerslife

The Writer's Studio at SFU @twssfu.bsky.social · 10d

Looking for writing prompts and essays for our #TWSsprints or other writing? Check out "Resonance: Essays on the Craft and Life of Writing" by editors @so_chez & @laura_farina of @TWSSFU (Writer's Studio Program at SFU). 43 essays via @AnvilPress - bit.ly/3u3nGsg

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The Writer's Studio at SFU @twssfu.bsky.social · 10d

You can use #TWSsprints to freewrite and try out new ideas or styles of writing. Use as much of what you create in these sessions as you'd like. Sometimes it might just be a word, phrase or idea in these generative sessions that you can use in your writing.

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The Writer's Studio at SFU @twssfu.bsky.social · 10d

It's 10:30am START Writing. #TWSsprints #writing #amwriting #writingexercises #writers #writingsprints

The Writer's Studio at SFU @twssfu.bsky.social · 10d

Get ready by opening up a fresh page. Or if you prefer, get your pencil and paper ready! Time editing and proofing can also be part of your time spent in sprints. You can paste this later into your manuscript. #TWSsprints

The Writer's Studio at SFU @twssfu.bsky.social · 10d

We are starting the #TWSsprints in 2 mins at 10:30am (PDT). Start typing, handwriting, dictating for 15 mins straight. At 10:45am we break for 5 mins. Then repeat the same pattern two more times. Get your writing off to a good start for the day!

The Writer's Studio at SFU @twssfu.bsky.social · 10d

Looking for a morning #writingsprints group today? The Writer's Studio at Simon Fraser University are starting our sprint sessions in a few minutes at 10:30am PDT. They are open to all writers worldwide and we'd love for you to join us! #writing #writers #writerslift #TWSsprints

The Writer's Studio at SFU @twssfu.bsky.social · 10d

You can join in at any time we do 3 x 15 min sprints, so feel free to jump in on any one of them! #TWSsprints #amwriting #writers #WritingCommunity

The Writer's Studio at SFU @twssfu.bsky.social · 10d

Writers write along with us in short sprints of writing. Use #TWSsprints in 15 min intervals with 5 min breaks for 1 hour. Tweet your word count, if you'd like to!

The Writer's Studio at SFU @twssfu.bsky.social · 10d

#TWSsprints start at 10:30am (PDT) this morning. Open to all #writers on Bluesky! Write along with us in three writing sprints of 15 mins each. #amwriting

The Writer's Studio at SFU @twssfu.bsky.social · 10d

#Poets we hope you'll join us too. Let us know if you have any variations to your version of #TWSsprints! #amwriting 3 mins and counting…

The Writer's Studio at SFU @twssfu.bsky.social · 10d

Would anyone like to share what they might be writing about today for #TWSsprints or will it be a stream of consciousness? #amwriting #sprints

The Writer's Studio at SFU @twssfu.bsky.social · 10d

Open up a new word/google doc/paper page or whatever writing platform you are using, so you can have an accurate word count to get started. You can always copy this into your manuscript later! #TWSsprints #amwriting

The Writer's Studio at SFU @twssfu.bsky.social · 10d

Here's the timing for the #TWSsprints sessions: 1st sprint - 10:30am-10:45am 5min break 2nd sprint - 10:50am-11:05am 5min break 3rd sprint - 11:10am - 11:25am All #writers are welcome to join @TWSSFU students+alumni on scheduled Sunday mornings! #WritingCommunity #writerslife

The Writer's Studio at SFU @twssfu.bsky.social · 10d

This will be our last in person #TWSsprints session, and you still have time to make it out. We sprint until 11:30am (PDT) and it's a nice space to meet other #TWS writers and other writers in the community. All writers are welcome to chat in person with other writers in #Vancouver or follow online.

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The Writer's Studio at SFU @twssfu.bsky.social · 10d

Are you ready to flex your writing muscles this morning? With #TWSsprints we write independently for 15 mins, break for 5 mins and repeat 3 times #amwriting Open to all #writers!