writing habits from 15 minutes a day to peer writing groups

Writing

HabitsFrom 15 Minutes a Day to

Peer Writing Groups

David S. Martins - UWP

Take

Aw

ays

Write every dayKnow your audience

& movesMake linkagesCreate space

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Wri

ting P

rom

pts

List all the types of documents you write in

your professional life¿ What is the most

difficult part of writing

for you?¿ What writing practices

have you found most

successful?¿ What about writing gives you pleasure?

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Eve

ry day

There are

two types

of [dissertations]

:

Perfect ones

Completed

ones

“15-

minutes” a

day

Read

Use tech

tools

Share

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Audie

nce

, Pu

rpose

& G

enre

Writers acquire and strategically deploy genre knowledge as they participate in their field’s or profession’s knowledge-producing

activities. Berkenkotter and Huckin 1995

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Audie

nce

,

Purp

ose

&

Genre

Learn the

Genre(s)

Know the

“moves”

made in a text

Know how to

make those

moves

Ask peers

questions

Ask for

examples

e.g., Journal

Articles

Write for a

journal

What’s the

conversation

?

What do you

want to say?

What are

typical and

atypical

forms?

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Aca

dem

ic

Move

s I hope in this

book to describe

intellectual

writing as a fluid

and social

activity and to

offer to you some

strategies, some

moves as a

writer, for

participating in it.

–Joseph Harris

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Linka

ges

Link to Institute mission and priorities,

not just disciplinary questions & conversations Avoid bifurcation,

when possible – link teaching-research-service

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Cre

ate

Space

• Support Groups• Regular talk• Writing Retreats• Episodic, a space to work, collective focus &

energy• Writing Groups• Regular draft exchange

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Writin

g G

roup

Exp

erie

nce

s

¿ If you are or

have been

in a Support

or Writing

Group, what

has been its

best

aspects?

¿When you

receive

feedback

on your

writing,

what do

you

appreciate

most?

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Writin

g G

roups

Challenges

Feedback –

learning how to

give feedback to

peers

Scheduling –

when, how often,

where?

Commitment –

giving time (e.g.,

reading, writing

comments,

meeting to

discuss, revising)

Opportunities

Affinity

Groups

•Discipline

• Cohort

• Location

Exigency

Technology

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