The Inksanity Begins!

Every weekend or so, I meet up with a couple of friends at Starbucks to write/study and hang out. We've been writing pretty consistently at the same Starbucks location for about two years now; all the staff know them well and we have our very own table which we have declared expressly "ours." Over time, we've developed into a close-knit group, as writing, though solitary is also a very social activity. We named our little group "Inksanity" (like insanity, with ink), and created a Facebook group to announce weekly write-ins.

And then one of us moved away for college! So to keep up with one another, we decided to do a vlogging project.

Mission TypeWriterEffect, in which six of us keep each other accountable to our writing (or non-writing) goals via video-blogs. We'll take turns filming our videos and if someone doesn't make their goal or doesn't post their video on time, they will get a group-mandated "punishment" or dare that they must complete and film-document.

It's a fun way to stay connected! I foresee our little project becoming less goal-oriented as we start dispersing more and becoming more of a way for us to catch up and be part of one another's lives no matter where we are. My first video will be posted this week!