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Shut Up & Write!® Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay

Santa Cruz, CA, US

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What we’re about

Shut Up & Write! is a global community that empowers writers to overcome procrastination, silence their inner critic, and make consistent progress on their projects. Our events provide a structured and focused environment where writers can come together, set aside distractions, and achieve their writing goals.

What to Expect
Our events use our proven formula: a few minutes of introductions, a period of focused writing, and a final check-in to share our progress. Once you arrive, our host will lead introductions, and then everyone will write for a quiet, focused period of time. Afterward, we’ll have an optional time to chat and get to know each other. Our events are a safe space for writers to work on their craft. No one will read or critique your writing.

For more information about our organization, visit https://shutupwrite.com.

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We host free writing events for writers all over the world.

Upcoming events (4+)

Mon, Jul 21, 2025, 1:30 AM UTCShut Up & Write!™ Sunday Evening Sedulites
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Welcome everyone! A sedulite is a person who prizes diligence, perseverance, and assiduity.

Follow-up on how you did after your writing session via the event page comment section is always encouraged.

If you sign up and realize you won't be able to make it, it's helpful to amend your RSVP to "Not Going" status. Thank you!

Be it a book, blog, script, essay, dissertation, zine, resume, melody, poem, or just plain work stuff, you are invited to write it with us. No one will see what you've written or give you unsolicited advice. Instead of just thinking about writing, come and get some real writing done.

Where is the link to the Zoom Room? On the event page under the "Online event" header.

SCHEDULE:
6:30 pm (zoom meeting starts) - we go around and give quick intros, what we plan to work on.
6:45 pm (time varies by size of attendance) - time to "shut up and write" for the remaining time.
8:30 pm Join the closing check-out session, or just keep writing. Take satisfaction in having done some writing tonight!

See you Sundays
11 attendees+6
Tue, Jul 22, 2025, 5:00 PM UTCShut Up & Write!™ [Zoom]
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Hi All,

We’ll gather virtually at 10 am for a quick check-in, and then we can settle in at home for an hour (or more) of concentrated writing.

Be it a book, blog, script, essay, dissertation, resume, melody, poem, or just plain work stuff, you are invited to write it with us. No one will see what you've written or give you unsolicited advice. Instead of just thinking about writing, come and get some real writing done.

Link to Zoom room: Viewable when you RSVP.

PLEASE NOTE: YOUR NAME WHEN ENTERING THE ZOOM MEETING MUST MATCH YOUR NAME ON THE RSVP. OTHERWISE, WE WON'T RECOGNIZE YOU AS SIGNED UP FOR THE SESSION.

SCHEDULE:
10:00AM - quick intros.
10:15 - timer starts: write for 1.5 hours.
11:45 - Post in comments how you did with your writing!

If you miss checking in with us (from 10am - 10:15AM), you can still join at 11:45AM when we do the wrap up.
2 attendees
Tue, Jul 22, 2025, 1:00 PM PDTMarathon (2-4hr) Writing Session [The Trout Farm]
Trout Farm Inn, Felton, CA
(Leave a comment if you’d like a marathon writing session closer to home — if there is interest, we will schedule a series through this Summer. Suggest a specific location, or area!)

Feeling like a fish out of water? Come and get your trout on at one of our Summer marathon writing sessions. Join us for the first 2 hour writing blast, or dive deep and stay until the tail end.

Do you sometimes find that after an hour or two you are just warming up, or have a deep topic that requires time to get into the flow? Or, you just want to connect with fellow writers at an o-fishal writing event? Join us this Tuesday!

We will try out a new venue at the renovated and, well, positively swanky Trout Farm near Felton.
— Wifi available
— Delicious food
— Outdoor veranda seating option
— Electric plugs, indoors
— Lovely walks nearby for before or after, such as Quail Hollow, Loch Lomond, Henry Cowell virgin redwood loop (and Bigfoot museum!)

Approximate Schedule:

1:00 — 1:15 — Check in with group — what is today's goal?

1:15 —> Write like a trout, leaping upstream. Write like a salmon in the wind!

~3pm — Have a fish taco, or one of the other Happy Hour specials (see menu in photos).

4:45 — Wrap up, feedback, next steps…

5pm — Well, it is Trout Farm Happy Hour. Stay for a drink, people watch, go for a short hike, or generally move along.
4 attendees
Wed, Jul 23, 2025, 5:00 PM UTCShut Up & Write ! [Zoom]
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Hi All,

Join us for a lively writing session. We’ll gather at 10 am for a quick check-in, and then we can settle in for nearly two hours of concentrated writing.

Be it a book, blog, script, essay, dissertation, resume, melody, poem, or just plain work stuff, you are invited to write it with us.

No one will see what you've written or give you unsolicited advice. Instead of just thinking about writing, come and get some real writing done.

The link to Zoom room is viewable when you RSVP

10am - 10:15 -- Check-in and coffee.

10:15 - Noon -- Write like your hair is on fire.

Noon - 12:10pm -- Check back in: How did it go?
2 attendees

Past events (2443)

Sat, Jul 19, 2025, 10:30 AM PDTIn Person Saturday Shut Up and Write [The Abbey]
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6 attendees+1

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