Writing in Coffee Shops: A Hands on Workshop

By Biff Mitchell

If you like coffee and you like writing, then this book is for you. Writing in Coffee Shops shows you the ins and outs of picking the perfect spot to write and finally get that novel written. You'll learn about coffee shop etiquette, how to find the right coffee shop, what to take, how to deal with distractions, how to start and much more.

The author has written five novels, dozens of stories, a few poems, lots of blog and article posts all in coffee shops. In this little book, he shows you how you can find just the right spot for your writing.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Biff Mitchell
• Release date: Jul 26, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215299319

Biff Mitchell

Biff Mitchell is a speculative fiction writer known mostly for his quirky humor and keen insights into those aspects of life that likely won't be relevant to anything in our lifetimes, but possibly in some future reality. His most recent publication, Blowing Up (from Double Dragon Publishing) unleashes a barrage of mostly humorous short stories guaranteed to confuse and amuse the most contemporary reader. That just might be you. But...before you dive try dipping your literary toes into some free reading at crazymanadventures.com. Be warned though...nothing good can come of any of this.

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Writing in Coffee Shops: A Hands On Workshop

By Biff Mitchell

Copyright 2023 Biff Mitchell

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Introduction to the Workshop and Mindless Writing

The focus of this workshop will be on writing fiction in coffee shops but the principles apply to pretty much all writing, both fiction and non-fiction.

Coffee shop writing is what is says: It’s writing in a coffee shop. Any kind of writing…fiction, non-fiction, essays, blog posts, or poetry.

What coffee shop writing is not: Cruising the internet, posting a recipe on Facebook, talking to someone for an hour about that novel you’re going to write someday, reading (unless it’s related to whatever you’re writing) or sitting and staring at your blank page or screen.

What is the difference between a coffee shop, café and coffee house?

Generally a coffee shop specializes in coffee, though some light food may be offered. Cafes are generally equally weighted in coffee and food and coffee houses sell coffee, booze and food. The definitions are cause for an eternal war between good and evil.

This is an interesting article and one of hundreds of definitions you’ll find on the web: https://startmycoffeeshop.com/whats-thedifference-between-a-coffee-shop-and-a-cafe

Mindless Writing.

The single biggest block to getting started on the first line of a novel is the expectation that the first line will be the greatest thing you’ve ever written and that it has to be perfect, that everything you’ll be writing will flow out of that first line.

The truth: the longer you spend trying to make the first line perfect, the less likely it is that you’ll ever finish what you started to write. You may never even finish the first sentence. The only way to write consistently and regularly is to write without