Three Surprising Reasons You Need to Make Time to Write
Maybe it seems obvious that you need to make time to write. I mean, you’ve been telling yourself that you have to do it for a long time. Your institution certainly stresses it. They want you to write for tenure and promotion. They want you to write so you can get...
5 Ways a Structured Writing Retreat Will Help You Publish More
The terms “retreat” and “structure” might sound at odds to you. A retreat is an escape from structure, right? Not exactly. There is growing evidence that structured writing retreats are the best alternative for academics looking to make progress on their writing. A...
Is an Academic Writing Retreat a Vacation?
Every year my department takes a day-long “retreat” at the end of the semester. When it’s announced, many people roll their eyes and sigh deeply. That’s because our department retreat isn’t really a retreat. It’s an 8-hour meeting with bad catering. Nobody wants to do...
How to Unlearn (And Relearn) Writing in Academia
Did academia make us forget how to write? One of the members of The Academic Women’s Writing Collective posed this question to me, and it really made me think. Our relationship to writing develops when we are young. The path is different for everyone, but many of us...
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