At the Queensland Writers Centre we want our members writing every day.
We understand that it can be hard. Life gets in the way. It’s full of disruptions, competing priorities, and procrastination. The thing is, setting the habit of sitting down and writing every day is the only way to sustain a career as a writer.
We invite you to come to our workshop room, pick a desk, take a seat and write. Finish over four hours of uninterrupted writing in the home of writing: Queensland Writers Centre at the State Library of Queensland.
Writing Fridays is a structured day of writing that uses the Pomodoro Method. 25-minute blocks of focused writing (tomato) are followed by 5 minutes of break time. We smash one tomato at a time until we’re done!
10am get settled in and make introductions.
The library opens at 10 and the doors won’t open until then. Please make your way straight up to level 2.
Expectations are that you start on time arriving for 10 to start at 10.15, and that you will use the allocated space until at least 14.30 but it is available up to 16.00.
Phones should be switched off or put on silent and stored away in a bag.
Punctuality is important, but latecomers are still welcome. Please enter the room silently and set up. Don’t address the group until the break, as disruptions can pull your fellow writer’s out of their flow.
Lunch break is from 12.50-13.30.
Pomodoro rules apply. 25 minutes silent work, 5 minutes break and then back at it.