UMKC's Graduate Writing Intitative
Graduate Writing Specialist
Graduate Assistant
(Former) Graduate Assistant
| Duration | 2 hours, once a week |
| Purpose | Dedicated writing or work time carved out each week |
| Attendees |
Fellow gad students and GWI GA to help offer support and answer questions |
| Platform | Zoom! |
| How to Prepare | Think about a very specific goal you want to accomplish in the 2 hou session |
Carving out time each week to write is a form of self-care for grads!
Molly shared how they would try to finish all other tasks, homework, and chores BEFORE working on their thesis, and how this impacted them negatively.
| Duration | 1 hour, once a week |
| Purpose | Share writing goals, challenges, victories, questions with fellow grad students |
| Attendees | Fellow grad students and GWI GA to help offer support and answer questions |
| Platform | Zoom! |
| How to Prepare | Reflect on your writing journey in the past week. What went well? What felt dificult? |
Accountabili-buddies!
- Linda Adler-Kassner and Elizabeth Wardle
Writing groups allow us to foster a community of writers from different disciplines who support each other. They help us understand how we express ourselves and work toward our best writing.
Graduate writing can feel REALLY LONELY, so writing groups are a wonderful way to feel less alone!
Has anyone joined a writing group before? What was your experience like? What were the pros and cons? Do you think it helped your writing journey?
Write our goals for working on your thesis/dissertation for the upcoming week.
Share your writing goals with your group. Offer encouragement & advice to each other!
Free-write about this experience. What felt most helpful about sharing with a group?
Remember to keep your goals small, manageable, and actually achievable!
Ex. Read and annotate 1 article during your lunch break; Spend 2 hours writing X number of pages of your introduction on Monday morning; Sit at your laptop for 30 minutes, uninterrupted, and edit your Bibliography
What do you want to see in a Writing Group?
Website
Join a weekly writing group!
Email Dr. Marcus Meade
marcusmeade@umkc.edu
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