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  3. Motivation Monday: Graduate Writers' Group

Motivation Monday: Graduate Writers' Group

Posted: December 18, 2024

Graduate students: Build momentum for winter writing

Image of some hands holding a pen with paper at a desk, Text: Motivation Mondays Graduate Writers' Group January 20 to March 31 10:30 to 11:30 am Traill and Academic Skills logos

Event Details

  • Monday, January 20, 2025
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Monday, January 27, 2025
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Monday, February 3, 2025
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Monday, February 10, 2025
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Monday, February 24, 2025
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Monday, March 3, 2025
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Monday, March 10, 2025
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Monday, March 17, 2025
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Monday, March 24, 2025
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Monday, March 24, 2025
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Monday, March 31, 2025
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

More Information

Motivation Mondays, a 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 are 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 as a group.

We will be meeting every Monday (except Monday, February 17) starting on Monday, January 20 to March 31 from 10:30 to 11:30 am. 

Online via Zoom: Register for one session and then you will receive the zoom link for each session. Register for the Zoom link.

Date

(10:30 to 11:30 am)

Writing Tip

Motivational Topic

Jan 20

Week 1

Pre-writing strategies: Organizing your ideas

Goal setting

Jan 27

Week 2

Narrowing your topic

Thesis Anxiety: Making it work for you

Feb 3

Week 3

Focusing literature reviews

Stopping Critical Self-Talk

Feb 10

Week 4

Writing Introductions

Conquering Phone Addiction

Feb 17

Holiday Monday

No Motivation Monday

Feb 24

Week 5

Writing Conclusions

Increasing your Resilience

March 3

Week 6

Academic Moves in Writing

Overcoming Thesis Inertia

March 10

Week 7

Paragraph Structure

Reducing Stress in Grad Students

March 17

Week 8

Creating Cohesion (Flow)

Preventing Burnout  

March 24

Week 9

Using Passive and Active Voice

Understanding Distraction and Traction

March 31

Week 10

Revision Strategies

Celebrating your progress

More Information for Graduate Students here.

Contact Info

Sue Beckwith

sbeckwith@trentu.ca

Find other stories about: Academic Skills, School of Graduate Studies, Graduate, Catharine Parr Traill

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