Our 3rd annual summit was a success!
Thanks to everyone who attended and participated—your experiences matter.
A summary of the event will be posted on our website soon.
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Writing is a key part of the university experience for STEMM scholars, but it can sometimes be hard to know where to begin.
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Our 3rd Annual Summit Meeting is on Wednesday 25 March, 9.00-10.00 (UK time/online).
Please join us to hear from different voices and experiences, share your best practices and challenges in social writing and explore different ways of engaging.
Register at the link👇
narti.org.uk/event/writin...
We're a week out from my next online writing retreat.
Choose the express (1.5 days) or full retreat option (2.5 days).
Our focus will be on advancing your writing project in an environment that puts the writer, rather than the text, front and center.
When that happens...
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This mini-course, facilitated by WRAP member @linguaverse.bsky.social, incorporates social and structured writing techniques, helping writers (individually and collectively) reflect on, manage and improve their practice when revising their own texts.
Upcoming online support for #AcWri from Linguaverse.
✍️ 🚀 Structured writing retreat, 4-5 December. Booking open: www.linguaverse.net/4-5-dec
✂️ 🎯 Effective self-revision mini-course, 5-16 January. Learn self-revision strategies and tools from a professional manuscript editor. Booking opens soon.
Facing one or more of these #AcWri -related challenges?
—an upcoming deadline
—a text that requires thinking w/o interruptions
—lack of motivation or progress
—uncertainty as you deal with reader feedback
My upcoming online retreat (May 22-23) can help.
Join us! www.linguaverse.net/22-23-may
A huge thank you to all those who attended this morning's Annual Summit meeting. We're grateful for the chance to exchange experiences, ideas and questions about social writing methods and the benefit for writers.
To read our positioning statement and manifesto, visit: narti.org.uk/writing-room/.
We're looking forward to next Wednesday's Summit Meeting.
If you'd like to hear what WRAP has been up to over the past year and talk to us about sustainable writing practice and facilitator training, please do register.
Our list of structured writing retreats has been updated.
In-person retreats:
—Finland (April, May, Sep & Dec)
—Germany (Aug & Oct/Nov)
Online retreats: March & April.
The list is always changing, so check back regularly. Please share among your networks.
narti.org.uk/writing-retr...
Jensen's recipe for productive writing is key to my #StructuredWritingRetreats.
I help retreaters remember/find ways to lower stress, connect w/ the why of their work & find joy in the act of writing, even if challenging.
Smiles at the end are v. nearly universal.
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Our network aims to further social writing practice by embedding writing in research and professional practice in academia and beyond. Our events are open to anyone currently or aspiring to engage in social writing. Further details are in the call above 👆; please share the event with your networks.
Our Annual Summit event takes place Wednesday, 19th March (10.00-12.00 BST; online).
The Summit lets us to hear from different voices and experiences, share best practices and challenges, and explore different ways of engaging in social writing practice.
Register here: narti.org.uk/event/writin...
If you're feeling frazzled this month, a structured writing retreat can be the balm that moves your writing ahead. How so?
Structure + facilitation + setting & assessing intentions/goals = reduced cognitive load * increased focus = improved outputs + happier you.
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I'll be running an online writing retreat on 12-13 December. Dedicating 1.5 days to your writing project is a satisfying and peer-supported way to make sure you write during the busiest month of the year.
www.linguaverse.net/writing-retr...
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Our list of upcoming retreats for November and December has been updated.
New location: online.
Five people in an online meeting posing for a screenshot, one person per box.
A handful of WRAP's founding members are taking the morning to co-write and co-edit some foundational documents, following an online retreat-style format.
We'll share them when they're ready.
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Looking for a structured writing retreat? 👀✍️
Check out our list of upcoming retreats in the UK and Finland.
We update the list regularly as new dates come in, so check back to see what's new.
We hope to add two online options very soon!
narti.org.uk/writing-retr...
(3) strengthen and embed social writing in academic research and practice with an impact on writers’ career progression, self-efficacy, and well-being
(1) develop and sustain a community of practice that sets quality standards and trains facilitators in social writing interventions
(2) support, collaborate on and publish research on social writing methods
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👋 WRAP is now on Bluesky. ✍️
The Writing for Research and Academic Practice (WRAP) network develops, supports and strengthens methods of social writing as effective practice within and beyond academia.
WRAP has three broad aims:
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