353 new words in my main MS, which doesn't include working in a separate outlining spreadsheet. Making progress! #TWSsprints

Writers! Give @TWSSFU a follow & enter into your 2026 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

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

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

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

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

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

We have a small group today but spent a bit of the first sprint catching up and chatting about writing. Now we are under way though! #TWSsprints ^ct

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

117 new words. That's a start. #TWSsprints

Share 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

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

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

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.

I got my mojo back after six months of flailing around. I've reworked my outline and done 15,000 words in ten days. Several of them are good words, too. #WTSsprints

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

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

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 PT. They are open to all writers worldwide and we'd love for you to join us! #writing #writers #writerslift #TWSsprints

We are starting the #TWSsprints in 2 mins at 10:30am (PT). 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!

Let us know how your writing is going if you have a chance. I have a manuscript going through the first round of major revisions right now and a lot of work to do still but it's coming along. Right now is a bit of down time for me away from work too, so I can do other writing too. ^ct #TWSsprints

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!

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

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

#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…

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

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

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

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!

If you've never sprinted with us before, please make sure to use #TWSsprints in your tweets, so we can see them #amwriting Everyone is welcome!

I'll be working on a some freewriting for idea generation today. Sometimes I find this easier earlier in the morning for myself ^ct #TWSsprints

Any questions today about #TWSsprints? Are there any tips about previous writing sprees or events you've been a part of that you've found helpful? Please share with us #amwriting

If you are coming for a very chill #TWSsprints session today. We are sitting near the door as someone is sitting near the piano area today. Stay tuned for other upcoming in person sessions at Wave. ^ct #writers #writing

Join us today at 10:30am (PT) for #TWSsprints. Write for 15mins, break for 5mins x 3 times all online here at Bluesky. Share your word count! Open to writers everywhere. #TWSsprints #writerslift #writinglife #amwriting #writers

#TWSsprints are a great exercise to write without editing and can be used for idea generation, unfiltered thoughts, unique phrases etc. to use in your #writing practice. Our supportive Bluesky group #motivates each other to keep writing on Sunday mornings. #amwriting #writers #WritingCommunity

What is a writing sprint? It's a focused block of time where you free write and just work at putting down a maximum # of words or whatever you feel comfortable writing without going back to edit at this stage. #TWSsprints

Getting ready to start our @twssfu.bsky.social TWSSFU sprints session this morning Sun. July 27th at 10:30am PT at Waves Coffee Shop and on Bluesky #TWSsprints. Open to all #writers everywhere, write for 15mins, break 5mins x 3 sprints. Do some creative writing before you start your day! #writers

Join us tomorrow for #TWSsprints Sun. June 28th at 10:30am PT here on Bluesky! Short notice but Candie will be at Waves Coffee Shop! Open to all #writers everywhere, write for 15mins, break 5mins x 3 sprints. Do some morning pages before you start your day. #WritingCommunity #WritingLife

Big love to the writers participating in today's #TWSOchat on Cutting Down Your Manuscript: @catherinewinters.com @emath.bsky.social @keepreading89.bsky.social @candietanaka.bsky.social

#TWSOchat A8: Flow? I switched GENRES once.

A6. Again, I recommend Matt Bell’s Refuse To Be Done. There’s a whole section on removing clutter from your text & the whole book is full of practical advice on novel writing.

#TWSOchat A6: "Is this actually two novels?" (It's be a while before I don my editing pants to find out if that's the case, but I think they might be right.)

Save the date for the next #TWSOchat on Sunday, July 12th at 10:30am (PT). We will discuss Soliloquies and Rants. Join in with TWS alumni + mentors to ask q's and share your knowledge. #writerschat #WritingCommnunity

Writers! Give us a follow too/mark in your calendars, so that you will know about the upcoming #TWSsprints and #TWSOchat sessions. Bluesky Sessions: 2nd Sunday of each month -- TWS Bluesky Chats #TWSOchat 4th Sunday of each month -- TWS Writing Sprints #TWSsprints

Thanks writing friends for joining in on another interesting discussion. As always, thank you for sharing! At TWS we love to hear how your writing is going and what you are finding interesting in the literary world. #TWSOchat #writers #writingcommunity

Please follow the #writers participating in #TWSOchat, this community grows by sharing info + resources. Today we discussed “Cutting Down Your Manuscript” ~ I will tweet the writers' handles asap! ^ct #writing #writerschat

Q9. What are some of the strategies that you use to make your manuscript or story a more manageable length? I've heard for longer novels that some people to to use a certain number of words to cut out of each page. I know for sure that during my initial draft, I do a lot of filler #TWSOchat

Q8. After you've gone through and done a first edit on your manuscript, do you realize a change to the flow of the story? And if so, how many passes of revisions did you need to get to a stage where you felt more or less happy with your manuscrit? #TWSOchat

#TWSOchat A1: I wouldn't be able to write to any word count target if not for Twitter's character limit back in the day. I'm a chronic overwriter, and have only come in under target once: the novel I'm working on now.

A6. If you are writing a lean thriller, you might excise anything that doesn’t advance the plot. But even then, I think of how many Jean-Pierre Melville crime flicks have brief musical numbers. What are your intentions? Who are writing for? #TWSOchat

Thanks for sharing! Manuscript trimming is such an important skill, and I'm interested to hear the advice and experiences from the community.