Research Guides: Graduate Writing Resources: Resources for Graduate Writing Groups

There are lots and lots of resources to help academic writers improve their writing and work towards greater productivity. Below is a list of books and websites you might want to check out and use in your writing group.

The Writing BASE by Helen Sword
Stanford University's guide on "Starting an Effective Writing Group"
"Where Have All the Leaders Gone?" by Madsen and Hammond
This article provides an interesting perspective on leadership, which you might find valuable in your group work. Page 73 in particular might be interesting/useful in thinking about groups/communities: 1. Name the community 2. Connect the community 3. Find resources for the community 4. Tell the stories of the community.
MIT's No One Writes Alone

How to Write a Lot by Paul J. Silvia
Call Number: UMKC Nichols Library Writing Resources Collection PE1408 .S48787 2007
ISBN: 9781591477433
Publication Date: 2007
Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day by Joan Bolker
ISBN: 9780805048919
Publication Date: 1998-08-15
Writing Tools by Roy Peter Clark
Call Number: UMKC Nichols Library Writing Resources Collection PN145 .C63 2006
ISBN: 0316014990
Publication Date: 2006
How to Complete and Survive A Doctoral Dissertation by David Sternberg
Call Number: Request this book through MOBIUS
ISBN: 9780312396060
Publication Date: 1981

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