Writing Sprints/ Timed Writing Sessions (GMT+2 timezone), Anyone??

[intothisshadow]

(Mods, I hope this is okay to post)

Is anyone interested in writing sprints or timed writing sessions conducted via chatroom? I've found these so helpful myself, that I'm willing to host sprints/sessions if there are others who are interested. But, because I live in Finland, any sessions I host will happen in afternoons and evenings GMT+2 timezone. Everyone is of course welcome to participate if they can, but my aim here is to serve those of us in the European timezones and close-to-European -timezones :)

A general overview of springs and group writing sessions:

Sprints: writing sessions last usually from 10 minutes to 20 minutes and then there's a break for chatting, drinking etc. for about 10-15 minutes, and then there's another 10-20 minute writing sprint. This can go an as long as there's people participating, I've been involved in ones that lasted two hours and in ones that were still ongoing when I got back online the next day. Pretty informal, usually one mod who announces and ends the sprints and the mod hat can go to another person at any time when needed and anyone can come and leave at anytime. When you first join the room, you're aren't allowed to say anything until someone else does because there could be a sprint going on right at the time.

Group writing sessions: writing sessions last from 30 minutes to 1,5 hours, after each sessions there's a break of about 15 minutes and then another sessions starts. The one's I've participated in have usually lasted for 2-4 hours. These often take place during weekends when people have bigger blocks of free time available and sometimes in the evenings on weekdays. Pretty informal, usually one mod who announces and ends the sessions and the mod hat can go to another person at any time when needed and anyone can come and leave at anytime.

I'm thinking using either an AIM or Yahoo! chatroom but I'm open to suggestions :)

If you are interested, please fill out the following form:

<strong>Your timezone:</strong> <strong>Sprints or Sessions? Or either/both?:</strong> <strong>Weekends or also weekdays, what time would be best for you (afternoon, morning etc.):</strong> <strong>Your IM service:</strong> <strong>Do you know of a (free) web based chatroom we could use:</strong> <strong>Suggestions, guestions?</strong>

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[intothisshadow]

Your timezone: GMT+2
Sprints or Sessions? Or either/both?: Either
Weekends or also weekdays, what time would be best for you (afternoon, morning etc.): weekend afternoons and evenings are the best, the same can be middle of the week too sometimes
Your IM service: AIM, Yahoo!
Do you know of a (free) web based chatroom we could use: looking into some, but haven't found any I like yet or that allow more than couple of people in at the same time without upgrading to pay version
Suggestions, guestions?

[littlebutfierce]

This is totally okay to post! Also, I'm in the UK (mutta olen puoliksi suomalainen... mutta en puhu paljon, hahaha) so YAY for time zones.

Your timezone: GMT
Sprints or Sessions? Or either/both?: Both
Weekends or also weekdays, what time would be best for you (afternoon, morning etc.): Any evenings for sprints if need be, but overall I'd prefer weekends at any time.
Your IM service: Er, I almost never use IM & when I do it's through my Gmail. I have an IM account, if I can remember the username/password...
Do you know of a (free) web based chatroom we could use: nope
Suggestions, guestions? Yay!

[intothisshadow]

It's so weird, I've come across a lot more Finns/foreigners living in Finland/Finns living in abroad/people having some connection to Finland here on DW in the about 1,5 years I've been here than all together in the 14 years online elsewhere - elsewhere it's been more in the vain of "I've never heard about Finland" or "Finland... it's somewhere in Russia isn't it?" LOL

[anehan]

Your timezone: GMT+2
Sprints or Sessions? Or either/both?: Either.
Weekends or also weekdays, what time would be best for you (afternoon, morning etc.): Weekends, with Saturday the best day. Possibly also weekday evenings.
Your IM service: AIM or Yahoo! (but do the Yahoo! chat rooms still exist?)
Do you know of a (free) web based chatroom we could use: IRC? Best used with a client but web-based applications do exist.
Suggestions, guestions?

[eggcrack]

Your timezone: GMT +2
Sprints or Sessions? Or either/both?: Either
Weekends or also weekdays, what time would be best for you (afternoon, morning etc.): Weekend afternoons and evening.
Your IM service: Gmail and Yahoo!
Do you know of a (free) web based chatroom we could use: Gmail's chat has a group chat option, so that?
Suggestions, guestions? No, but I'm all in for this!

[lunarwolfik]

Your timezone: GMT -5
Sprints or Sessions? Or either/both?: Either
Weekends or also weekdays, what time would be best for you (afternoon, morning etc.): Thursday and Friday afternoons/evenings and weekend afternoons/evenings (obviously during the holidays, I will have a lot more free time...hopefully)
Your IM service: AIM
Do you know of a (free) web based chatroom we could use: sadly I don't...
Suggestions, guestions? This sounds like a lot of fun!