Motivation Mondays
Graduate Writers' Group
Event Details
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Monday, November 4, 2024
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
City: Peterborough
Traill College
Building: Wallis Hall
Room: 226
Cost: Free
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.
We will be meeting every Monday (except October 14 and 21) starting on Monday, September 16 from 10:30 to 11:30 am. Hybrid presentation format with in-person meetings occurring in Wallis Hall 226 and via Zoom. More Information here.
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Date (10:30 to 11:30 am) |
Writing Tip |
Motivational Topic |
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Sept 16 |
Week 1 |
Pre-writing strategies: Organizing your ideas |
Goal setting |
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Sept 23 |
Week 2 |
Using your outline to manage time |
How to build momentum: 5 Steps |
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Sept 30 |
Week 3 |
Focusing literature reviews |
The motivation equation |
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Oct 7 |
Week 4 |
Integrating evidence |
Imposter syndrome |
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Oct 14 |
Holiday Monday |
No Motivation Monday |
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Oct 21 |
Reading Week |
No Motivation Monday |
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Oct 28 |
Week 5 |
Typical moves in a research paper |
Overcoming academic perfectionism |
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Nov 4 |
Week 6 |
Paragraph structure |
Stress and burnout in Graduate students |
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Nov 11 |
Week 7 |
Creating cohesion |
5 ways to stop negative self-talk |
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Nov 18 |
Week 8 |
Reducing wordiness |
Blocking your time to write |
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Nov 25 |
Week 9 |
Using passive and active voice |
Impulsivity and distraction |
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Dec 2 |
Week 10 |
Revision strategies: Early and late-stage revision |
Celebrate your progress |
Contact Info
Sue Beckwith
sbeckwith@trentu.ca