Instructor
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Carol Kiriakos
Teaching and Learning Officer
Academic Service
Part 1
Background
This workshop offers valuable perspectives on academic writing as a daily practice.
The focus is on how to get writing done, not on properties of academic texts or the publication process. We will develop an inclusive understanding of academic writing as a central aspect of academic work, and the practical and psychological aspects relevant for writing well and being productive. In addition, the course offers an opportunity to develop meta-skills that are useful in studies and working life more generally. These are skills such as self-management, and a reflective approach to your own working habits.
Insights from creative writing, behavioral psychology and other relevant fields are utilized and applied in order to understand academic writing comprehensively. The topics covered include: Basics of the writing process and creating a productive writing habit, writing time management, and overcoming practical or emotional writing problems.
The goal is to help you understand academic writing as a comprehensive activity, identify your strengths and weaknesses as an academic writer, and plan your writing effectively.
How This Course Will Work
The workshop is held in the classroom and runs over two half days: a total of 7 hours are divided into 3,5 hours per day including a 30-minute break. It consists of lectures, individual and pair exercises, and group discussions.
What You Will Learn
The workshop will give you tools for
- Adopting a comprehensive understanding of academic writing as a process
- Creating a writing habit and setting realistic writing goals
- Managing the time you use for your academic writing, work, and studies
- Recognizing your personal challenges and strengths as a writer
- Overcoming writing difficulties, such as writer’s block and procrastination
What other participants found useful in this workshop
- Tips for how to structure my writing
- Reflecting on my writing habits/style
- Tools and tips on how to manage long and short-term goals and introduction of daily habits
- Discussion with my colleagues and knowing that others struggle with the same issues
- Writing exercises such as freewriting
- Very good take-home messages that can really influence your subjective wellbeing during the writting process.
Part 2
Background
This is a follow-up workshop for those who have completed the “Finding Joy and Productivity in Academic Writing” Workshop at the EUI.
In Part 2, you’ll get a chance to share and reflect on your experiences related to your writing practice after the first “Writing Joy” workshop: what you have learned, and what possible new questions have emerged. We will also look at more advanced topics related to the writing process, such as how to approach revising and editing, and deal with feedback.
As in the first workshop, the focus is on good practices, and deepening your understanding of the possibilities in writing, rather than texts as such (we will not share drafts). Nevertheless, the topics covered have the potential for making both the (everyday) practice of writing more fruitful as well as improving the quality of your texts.
Like the first part it is a six-hour workshop running over two days.
What you will learn
In this workshop, you will:
- Deepen your understanding about the writing process and yourself as a writer.
- Get a recap and further insight into creating a writing habit and writing time management
- Acquire knowledge on the process of revising and editing your academic texts
- Learn how to both give and receive feedback constructively