It’s been a few years since I found the Twitch writing community, and in that time, I’ve made so many new friends and gotten a lot of co-working done. Even though it’s virtual, the body doubling helps me stay focused and motivated when I’m struggling.

One awesome event I’ve had the pleasure of participating in a few times now is One Hundred Hours of Writing (OHHOW). OHHOW is a writing streaming event on Twitch that started as a way to let writers write together virtually around the world during November 2020. It’s been running several times each year ever since.

The next OHHOW starts Friday, July 18th at noon ET and continues through Sunday, July 20th at 2pm ET. My stream is on Saturday, July 19th at 2pm ET.

It works like this: you go to the Twitch channel of whoever is currently streaming and write for two hours. Each stream then swaps (aka raids) into a new channel, so you can keep working continuously all weekend long (with appropriate breaks for biological needs, please). Moderators track how participants are doing with their writing, based on voluntary self-reported word counts or time spent writing/editing.

If that sounds fun, come write with us!