Academic Writing Club

CSU Graduate Students & Faculty

Offered by the Writing Center and the Michael Schwartz Library, this writing club is meant to help students and faculty improve their academic writing productivity.

• Could you use some structured time to write and receive feedback from colleagues?
• Do you wish you could graduate with some published academic writing under your belt?
• Do you have some academic writing that needs polishing to become publishable?

If so, this writing club is for you! SIGN UP HERE

• Each week we will send a short video and provide resources and advice related to an academic writing topic, ‘
• We'll have a synchronous Zoom meeting to review the topic. At least 30 minutes of the meeting time involves quiet writing to keep you on track!
• Weekly 5-minute videos will concern content from three books: How to Write a Lot by Paul Silvia, Becoming a Writer by Dorothea Brande, and Art and Artist by Otto Rank. (You don’t need to have read the books to participate, but they will guide our discussions.)
• Meetings will occur in Zoom from 3 - 4pm on Wednesdays beginning Jan 26 and ending May 4.
• Filling out the sign-up form does not obligate you to participate or attend every meeting; it merely puts you on our reminder email list and provides access to the Zoom link each week.
• Please feel free to share with classmates or colleagues who would like to make some progress on publishing!
• You WILL experience the biggest writing productivity boost if you attend Zoom meetings with us! 

Note-This writing club will be especially useful to graduate students and faculty in the humanities or social sciences. Undergraduates who have some academic writing to develop into a published article are welcome to participate.