jujubea Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Inspired to do this based on what I've learned from the "How To Write a Lot" book by Paul J Silvia. Here's how it works: You respond here and say you're "in" I start a new thread "Agraphia Grad Student Writer's Group" We decide on a meeting window (maybe a three-hour window? during which you're expected to post) Rules are: 1. Upon joining the group, everybody shares what their scheduled writing hours are (writing hours they've committed to protecting for the use of writing or activities necessary in order to write; can be any number of hours, even just one) 2. Upon joining, everybody shares what project(s) they are working on during those writing hours 3. Each week, each member posts their realistic and measurable goals for the following week's hours 4. Each week, each member posts what they did or did not achieve during those hours, and whether they stuck to their hours 5. Everyone praises each other for their progress each week and optionally provides constructive feedback or tips 6. If one member consistently is skipping out on their hours, or is not meeting realistic goals, we professionally heckle them (aka hold them to their own goals and ask wth?) 7. At the end of the window I post a quick summary recap of all the members: met goals yes/no, goal for next week is... 8. We figure out other reward systems - either individual ones and we self-report what rewards we gave ourselves, or we could potentially have something like a virtual quarter jar that everyone contributes a quarter to each meeting, and whoever finishes their main project next gets a $5 Starbuck's card? What do you think? Anybody interested??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujubea Posted September 14, 2018 Author Share Posted September 14, 2018 Anyone? Anyone? Let's help hod each other accountable and make progress! We can do it! Very not-time-consuming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwearflowers Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 I would love to do something like this. jujubea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujubea Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 On 9/15/2018 at 7:28 PM, iwearflowers said: I would love to do something like this. Yayyy someone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adelaide9216 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vader Was Framed Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 If anyone is continuing this group (here or elsewhere!) for 2019 I'd love to join. I use Slack with another writing group but I'm looking to boost my accountability this spring! Saw this and bought the book. Halfway through. So far so good. On 10/6/2019 at 6:18 PM, PianoPsych said: Btw, I'm liking Paul Silvia's 'Write it Up' very much too (for journal articles specifically). Has anyone else read it? I'm currently reading this now and so far its great, since manuscript writing is where I'm at now. I'm glad I read How to Write a Lot first though to get more productive with my writing. PianoPsych, LOiseauRouge and Adelaide9216 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokePsych Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 maybe we should set a time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adelaide9216 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Psygeek said: maybe we should set a time? a time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adelaide9216 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 So maybe, it's better if we do this here rather than on Discord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokePsych Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 6 minutes ago, Adelaide9216 said: a time? see rule 1. I know I haven't posted since I didnt have a schedule until like last week haha (every wednesday afternoon + friday afternoon) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adelaide9216 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Ah okay. Maybe we should do a Doodle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lincoln.hawks Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Hi Adelaide, I'm halfway through this book and have put it aside until the end of the semester (May 20th or so). I am going to pick it up for the summer.... Wow sounds like I am making all the excuses that the writer highlights in his book! can you private message me your email or a better way to contact you than this forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eachevery Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 I would like to join this group if it's still running! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adelaide9216 Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 There's a larger Discord chatroom for Graduate Students that I found through Reddit. Here's the link, it's very active, there are virtual writing sessions in it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PianoPsych Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 On 9/22/2019 at 12:10 PM, Adelaide9216 said: There's a larger Discord chatroom for Graduate Students that I found through Reddit. Here's the link, it's very active, there are virtual writing sessions in it as well. Do you mind linking it again? Btw, I'm liking Paul Silvia's 'Write it Up' very much too (for journal articles specifically). Has anyone else read it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adelaide9216 Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 18 hours ago, PianoPsych said: Do you mind linking it again? Btw, I'm liking Paul Silvia's 'Write it Up' very much too (for journal articles specifically). Has anyone else read it? https://discord.gg/ PianoPsych 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adelaide9216 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Nope, it's a different one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PianoPsych Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 3 hours ago, Adelaide9216 said: Nope, it's a different one. Oh okay. Just good to see there's a couple of these groups out there ? On 10/7/2019 at 2:46 PM, MarineBluePsy said: I'm currently reading this now and so far its great, since manuscript writing is where I'm at now. I'm glad I read How to Write a Lot first though to get more productive with my writing. Yeah, I found 'How to Write a Lot' good for getting me to write more- although I still find it difficult to stick to a schedule due to my erratic sleep. Perhaps I already learnt principles of habit change from 'Atomic Habits' (great book btw) so it wasn't too new to me. But I'm really liking 'Write it up' and its focus on writing high-quality articles. MarineBluePsy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adelaide9216 Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 I recommend Focusmate. It's a free app, but it works beautifully for me, even if it felt awkward at first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujubea Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 Hey y'all. Sorry I dropped out of sight after starting this but glad it sort of garnered some interest. I ended up making a one-person writing group (ha) in person; I set a time and a place and I went there and wrote every week for 3-4 hours every time. It's the most progress I've made while school was in session on this particular project. I told my friends about it and just said "I will always be at xplace at xtime, rain or shine, if you ever want to join me for a writing session" - and by the end of the term, I had one other regular join-er. I never missed a week! Anyone still interested in this? I saw someone mention a Doodle for gathering available times. It really only takes two of us. I'm gonna turn email notifications back on for the forum so I see if anyone responds this time. Maybe we can start in January after the holidays? Adelaide9216 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujubea Posted May 7, 2020 Author Share Posted May 7, 2020 Ok I started an asynchronous one right here on GradCafe! Come join - share your goals! Be celebrated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujubea Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 I'm starting a Wednesday writing/working group through Summer 2020. Let me know if you're interested. neededpractice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujubea Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 Bump still open for people looking! Writing group going small but growing. Summer 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aiva Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 hi Jujubea, i'd be interested in join the group! what's next? jujubea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LavenderGoat Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 I'd also be interested! jujubea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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