Writing Support
Build a Sustainable Writing Practice
Do you need dedicated time to make progress on your writing? A consistent writing practice is critical to faculty success. Our dedicated support includes annual Writing Retreats, weekly virtual Write-On-Sites, and Writing Accountability Groups.
The Write-On-Sites and Writing Retreats have been a huge boon for me over the past several months. The Write-On-Sites have helped me prioritize daily work on my book manuscript by providing a framework for scheduling dedicated writing time, and I've used the Retreats to make an extra push on turning out pages.
Dr. Evie Shockley
Award-winning poet and professor of English
Writing Retreats
Our daylong Writing Retreats offer dedicated time to focus on projects in the company of scholars. We host in-person and virtual retreats open to faculty universitywide.
Spring Break Virtual Writing Retreat
Wednesday, March 16, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
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Mary Ann Castronovo Fusco believes in the power and beauty of language. An expert in translating complex topics to reader-friendly text, Fusco will share tips and answer your questions.
Write-On-Sites
Our virtual Write-On-Sites offer dedicated time each week for faculty writing.
Join us for two hours of writing in the company of other faculty through Webex on Mondays from 1:00-3:00 p.m. and Thursdays from 9:00–11:00 a.m. Log in, share your goals, and write. No sign-up required.
Writing Accountability Groups
Our Writing Accountability Groups offer weekly support and dedicated writing time. The mission of each group, plus contact information, is included in the list below. Unless otherwise noted, all groups are open to new members.
Prefer a different format or day/time of the week? Start your own group!
Virtual Groups
All in-person groups are temporarily suspended until further notice due to the COVID-19 virus.
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Contact: Serena Connolly
Group Status: OpenThis group is designed to help members create and maintain a daily writing practice by establishing a set writing time every weekday morning when all members log in virtually and write for 30 minutes. No feedback on work.
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Contact: Vaishali Singhal
Group Status: OpenThis group is designed to help members create and maintain a daily writing practice by establishing a set writing time every weekday morning when all members will log in virtually (by email or perhaps using a productivity app) and write for 30 minutes. No feedback on work.
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Contact: Anette Freytag or Diane Fruchtman
Group Status: OpenThis group will meet by Zoom, once a week for two and a half hours. 10–15 minutes at the start of every session will be devoted to check-in, where members will discuss their writing challenges and establish their goals for the session. Then, we will all write for two hours, at the end of which there will be a 10-minute check-out, where members share whether they accomplished their stated goals and discuss what techniques worked and which did not.
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Contact: David Dreyfus
Group Status: OpenThis group will meet virtually once a week for two and a half hours via skype (https://web.skype.com/). 10–15 minutes at the start of every session, members will discuss their writing challenges and establish their goals. Then, after writing for 2 hours, there will be a 10-minute check-out, where members share whether they accomplished their stated goals and discuss what techniques worked and which did not.
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Contact: Miriam Rosenberg-Lee
Group Status: Group is closed to new members at this time.This group is designed to be a virtual check-in where group members set weekly goals and are held accountable to them. Every week, between Friday and Monday, members will respond to an email thread and report on what they accomplished the previous week and their goals for the upcoming week. Members will share whether they accomplished their stated goals, discuss what techniques worked and which did not, and offer encouragement to each other. No feedback on work is given.
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For more information, contact Teresa Politano or Karen McCarthy.