Motivation Mondays
Graduate Student Writer's Group
Event Details
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Monday, February 12, 2024
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Building: Wallis Hall
Room: 226
Cost: Free
Motivation Mondays, or the graduate student writing group, helps to develop writers with tips to improve their writing as well as create a community of writers to encourage and celebrate achievements of writing. Graduate students will be encouraged to set realistic writing goals on a weekly basis to monitor their progress and to maintain momentum with their writing. Progress reporting will be a personal assessment followed by a discussion of progress tips as a group.
We will be meeting every Monday (except February 19) starting on Monday, January 22 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Hybrid presentation format with in-person meetings occurring at Wallis Hall 226 and via Zoom. Register for one session and then you will get an email with the zoom link for each session.
Discussion Topics Include:
Date (10:30 to 11:30 am) |
Writing Tip | Motivational Topic | |
Jan 22 | Week 1 | Pre-writing strategies: Organizing your ideas | Goal setting |
Jan 29 | Week 2 | Using your outline to manage time | How to build momentum: 5 Steps |
Feb 5 | Week 3 | Focusing literature reviews | The motivation equation |
Feb 12 | Week 4 | Integrating evidence | Imposter syndrome |
Feb 19 | Holiday Monday | No Motivation Monday | |
Feb 26 | Week 5 | Typical moves in a research paper | Overcoming academic perfectionism |
March 4 | Week 6 | Paragraph structure | Stress and burnout in Graduate students |
March 11 | Week 7 | Creating cohesion | 5 ways to stop negative self-talk |
March 18 | Week 8 | Reducing wordiness | Blocking your time to write |
March 25 | Week 9 | Using passive and active voice | Impulsivity and distraction |
April 1 | Week 10 | Revision strategies: Early and late-stage revision | Celebrate your progress |
Contact Info
If you have any questions or need further information about the event, please feel free to reach out to:
Sue Beckwith
sbeckwith@trentu.ca