1. Writing Habits From 15 Minutes a Day to Peer Writing Groups

2. Take Aways Write every day Write every day Know your audience & moves Know your audience & moves Make linkages Make linkages Create space Create space 5/22/2013 David S. Martins - UWP

3. Writing Prompts  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? 5/22/2013 David S. Martins - UWP

4. Every day  There are two types of [ dissertations ]: Perfect ones Completed ones “15- minutes” a day Read Use tech tools Share 5/22/2013 David S. Martins - UWP

5. Audience, Purpose & Genre   Writers acquire and strategically deploy genre knowledge as they participate in their field’s or profession’s knowledge-producing activities. Berkenkotter and Huckin 1995 5/22/2013 David S. Martins - UWP

6. Audience, Purpose & 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? 5/22/2013 David S. Martins - UWP

7. Academic Moves  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 5/22/2013 David S. Martins - UWP

8. Linkages  Link to Institute mission and priorities, not just disciplinary questions & conversations  Avoid bifurcation, when possible – link teaching- research-service 5/22/2013 David S. Martins - UWP

9. Create Space Support Groups Support Groups Regular talk Regular talk Writing Retreats Writing Retreats Episodic, a space to work, collective focus & energy Episodic, a space to work, collective focus & energy Writing Groups Writing Groups Regular draft exchange Regular draft exchange 5/22/2013 David S. Martins - UWP

10. Writing Group Experiences ¿ 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? 5/22/2013 David S. Martins - UWP

11. Writing Groups 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 5/22/2013 David S. Martins - UWP