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The whole point of this virtual writing seminar is to improve your writing skills, and to socialize and motivate each other. Above all, we want to create a constructive and interactive space for everyone to enjoy whilst working from the home office.
We will begin with some lectures on basic writing skills. These skills are very important to our academic writing! We will continue the virtual writing retreat with new exercises for you to discuss together in the brain warm-up sessions including smaller online discussion groups. We will also have two “shut-up-and-write” sessions for 2 hours and then get together to discuss progress.
Just like a “normal” writing retreat, participants will also have time to work on their own texts/articles/essays. Hopefully you are working on or planning something that you can bring to the seminar. If you are not writing anything specific, don’t worry! Mathew will work with you to ensure that you can put his tips and advice into action.
The schedule:
Monday June 22nd
0900-1100: Welcome, active voice and cutting the clutter.
Tuesday June 23rd
0900-0945: Warm-up exercises
0945-1115: Lecture and discussion on structure + flow
1115-1145: Discussion and introduction to Shut-up-and-write
Wednesday June 24th
0900-0945: Warm-up exercises
0945-1145: Shut-up-and-write session
1145-1230: Feedback discussion
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1330-1430: Individual group meetings
Thursday June 25th (Open for everyone)
0900-1100: "PostIT-bonanza: Structure your writing with interactive storytelling." Bring a pen, sticky-notes, a blank piece of paper and some coffee to an engaging workshop with science writer Åsmund H. Eikenes.
Friday June 26th
0900-0945: Warm-up exercises
0945-1145: Shut-up-and-write session
1145-1230: Feedback discussion
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1330-1500: Individual group meetings and evaluation discussion
CONTACT
If you have any questions, queries or suggestions, then do not hesitate to get in touch with
UiODoc about the event or Mathew about the content of the seminars.
UiODoc: info@uiodoc.no
Mathew: mathew@stillerreeve.no, +47 99532473
The instructor
Mathew Stiller-Reeve has a PhD in Meteorology and has published several peer-reviewed articles on the monsoon as well as interdisciplinary and communication issues. He founded the SciSnack writing group community in 2012 and helped start several writing groups around the world. He and 12 international co-authors published their collaborative writing process in 2016, and since then it has been used by summer schools and communication initiatives around the world. Recently, he has become a Thematic Editor of the Geoscience Communication journal and has developed a peer-review process that he recently published on Nature.com. He has held writing seminars and courses over the past 4 years, both in Norway and internationally. Mathew emphasizes how we apply basic writing skills to our academic writing, and not least, how we can improve our writing together!