Campus Writing Retreats
"Time is not enough."
-Macleod et al 2011
Scholars need more than a place to write. They also need strategies for managing the thoughts and feelings that undermine their productivity. This is especially the case now, as the crisis caused by the spread of COVID-19 is depriving scholars of the social and emotional resources they need to stay engaged in their scholarship.
InkWell's Campus Retreats give your faculty and graduate students new insights and research-based skills that dramatically boost their writing motivation and productivity.
InkWell's Campus Retreats give your faculty and graduate students new insights and research-based skills that dramatically boost their writing motivation and productivity.
Consider a Campus Writing Retreat If You Want To:
- Build Motivation. InkWell Campus Retreats build scholars’ intrinsic motivation for writing, so that each session is more focused and productive.
- Learn Transferrable Skills. We combine evidence-based training, practice, and reflection to build skills scholars can use in their everyday writing.
- Make Meaningful Progress. We teach scholars to work in the steady, patient, focused manner that leads to progress they can see, measure, and share. Immediately.
- Cultivate Community. Give your faculty and grad students a common language and framework for understanding writing barriers and maintaining writing community within and across disciplines.
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"Thanks to your guidance I submitted a research paper to one of my discipline's major conferences on April 1 - something I haven't done in years. It felt great." Tim Bajkiewicz, PhD | Assoc. Professor, Broadcast Journalism | Virginia Commonwealth University |
Effortless Event Execution
InkWell makes it easy to offer retreats to your faculty members and graduate students by handling the details of promotion, registration, and hosting for you. Your Online Campus Retreat includes:
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Retreat Topics
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Unstuck:
How to Move Past Your Writing Fears Scholars who are stuck in their writing often wrestle with internal barriers that are disruptive, nebulous, and impervious to accountability strategies. This retreat teaches a simple technique for surfacing the thoughts and feelings that keep scholars from writing. By the end of the retreat, each participant will have identified the barriers that disrupt their writing and uncovered unique solutions for overcoming those barriers.
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Ready, Set, Flow:
Overcome Overwhelm & Make the Most of Your Writing Time Do your faculty and graduate students feel overwhelmed or paralyzed when they try to sit down to write? If so, this retreat will teach them how to quickly clarify what needs to be done and enjoy a strong sense of satisfaction when they’re finished. By the end of the retreat, they’ll have made meaningful, measurable progress on their manuscript. And they’ll be able to quickly decide what to focus on every time they sit down to write.
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"Inviting Dr. Michelle Boyd to campus to work with our faculty was a wonderful choice. We had a good response from all parts of our campus and everyone came away feeling empowered and productive. I highly recommend!" Kate Bullard, PhD | Office of Research and Graduate Studies | Lehigh University |
Retreat Format
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Half-Day Writing Retreat:
$6,000 3 hours
Intensive training and a single writing block teach transferrable skills that boost long-term productivity Sample Agenda
9:00 – 10:30 Writing Workshop 10:30 – 11:30 Writing Session 11:30 – 12:00 Next Steps Coaching |
Full-Day Writing Retreat
$9,000 6 hours
More time means more in-depth coaching, a higher level of mastery, and more progress on the manuscript Sample Agenda
9:00 – 10:30 Writing Workshop 10:30 – 12:00 Writing Session 12:00 – 12:30 Spotlight Coaching 12:30 – 1:30 Lunch (Off Camera) 1:30– 2:30 Writing Session 2:30 – 3:00 Next Steps Coaching |
