what happens in that hour
The sentence gets rewritten, the scene does not
- The first line has to be good, so it never gets writtenEditing while drafting is the most convincing way to do nothing for an hour and still feel occupied.
- Fear arrives dressed as researchOne more outline, one more article, one more thing to settle before the actual scene. Avoidance with a productive face on it.
- A blank day leaves no traceNothing records it, so a week of blank days feels much the same as a week of slow progress.
What a hundred days tends to look like
Mostly learning to write tasks that do not require you to be brave before breakfast.
how it runs
Three tasks in the morning, one report at night
the shape of it
What a hundred days tends to look like
Mostly learning to write tasks that do not require you to be brave before breakfast.
Mostly learning to write tasks that do not require you to be brave before breakfast.
Some of the blank days get shorter. The ones that do not are at least on the record, in your own words.
A hundred entries, several of them honest failures, all of them in one place you can read back.
in pictures
What a hundred days tends to look like
the deskthe desk8 photos in the gallery
the pagethe page8 photos in the gallery
the hourthe hour8 photos in the gallery
the shelfthe shelf7 photos in the gallery
where this comes from
Writers pay for company and a fixed hour
- 30,000+
- London Writers' Salon describes a community of this size around Writers' Hour, a free hour of writing run four times every weekday. source
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- Writers' HQ, a paid community built on daily check-ins and weekly write-alongs, reports over ten million words written by members. source
Figures come from the pages they link to. Where we have no verified number, we show none.
Three tasks each morning. One report each night. A hundred days of writing.
before you sign up
Reasonable questions
Will this teach me to get past the fear?
No. There is no course, no coach and no method here. There is a daily structure and people using it at the same time as you.
What if I report nothing for days in a row?
Then that is what the log says, and it stays visible. For most people that is the part that changes the next day.
Are the tasks given to me?
You write your own. Nobody hands out prompts or exercises.
Does anyone read what I actually write?
No. People read the report, never the pages.
When does the next group start?
On a fixed date. Leave an email and we send it to you.
A hundred days that get written down
Leave an email and we will write when the next group opens. No payment on this page.
- Three tasks in the morning, one report at night
- Empty days logged rather than hidden
- A hundred days counted with other people
One email, when the group opens.
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