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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> gradfunding-request@list.arizona.edu [mailto:gradfunding-request@list.arizona.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Shelley Hawthorne Smith<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 06, 2014 1:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> gradfunding@list.arizona.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> June Gradfunding Advice - Forming a Writing Group<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">Summer can be a great time to move forward on fellowship applications. But academic writing is hard. Sometimes mopping the floor or pulling weeds in 105 degree weather sounds
more appealing than sitting down and writing. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">The good news is that helps is close by. Simply working with those around you in a writing group will greatly increase your ability to accomplish some writing.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">One of the primary advantages of working in writing groups is deadlines. Life as a graduate student is busy and it is difficult to make time for working on fellowship applications.
But by imposing early deadlines on yourself you will be much more likely to complete an application.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">In an email exchange, Christine Hamel-Brown, UA THINK TANK writing specialist, shared some insights about writing in groups. Hamel-Brown encourages writing groups for many reasons.
But, in particular, she points out that as part of a writing group, “you learn to be more aware of different rhetorical conventions and situations and how they impact a piece of writing; you can thus respond more effectively to the demands of your immediate
writing task and audience.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">Her point is particularly important in the process of writing a fellowship application since reviewers will seldom come from your area of specialty. Having readers outside of
your area of specialty or even your discipline is helpful in terms of seeing what reviewers might see.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">If you are interested in starting a writing group, here are some tips to help you get started.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">1.
<u>Decide on a group</u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">Often a writing group begins with one or two core people who decide to work together. Consider how many people you want in the group. At times, working with one other person
is most helpful. But it is often beneficial to work with at least three or four. Be careful that the group does not expand to everyone and their brother; having too many people will make the process of reading and responding unwieldy.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">Hamel-Brown recommends that groups should always have some sort of official facilitator, be it a member of the group who simply agrees to keep the schedule of meetings and responses,
or someone outside the group with expertise in the level of writing the group will be doing. The leader can do the basic organizing of the group and offer concrete and specific guidance as regards developing critiquing rules, information on different genres
and conventions, or analysis of audience expectations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">2.
<u>Agree on an approach</u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">The most bare-bones way to work is to simply meet (even over email), share writing goals for the coming two weeks, then meet in two weeks to share your progress on the previous
goals and make new goals for the coming two weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">If you want more from a writing group, you can also agree on deadlines, exchange drafts, and give comments to one another.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">3.
<u>Iron out specifics</u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">Hamel-Brown explains that, “groups require commitment on the part of each member to be effective. Everyone has to be on the same page as far as the group’s expectations regarding
time commitments and schedules, kinds of feedback and support given, willingness to take critiques and questions from others, openness to sharing and taking apart your own writing.” Here are some suggestions for making expectations clear:
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Consider asking writers to accompany their draft with questions for the readers. This can make the feedback process more effective.
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Be sure the official review criteria of a particular fellowship are clear to your readers if you are preparing an application.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Agree to either write out comments or to discuss them in person.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Hamel-Brown suggests agreeing on ground rules for language use, tone, and overall respect for each other’s abilities, thoughts and attempts to put those in writing.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">Writing groups can be helpful for short term projects such as fellowship applications. But they are also helpful for your major writing projects.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">Hamel-Brown is currently recruiting participants for fall Graduate Writing Circles. These writing groups, held by the Writing Center at the THINK TANK, support dissertation writers
at any stage in their process. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">Graduate Writing Circles (GWC) are an opportunity for graduate writers across disciplines to provide feedback, support, and an accountability system toward their dissertation
writing. As a member of a GWC, you’ll meet weekly with a dedicated group of writers to share your work. Graduate consultants from the Writing Center will facilitate these groups to help guide the feedback process.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">Students who are not yet dissertating, but would like a writing group to support other graduate writing projects (articles, course papers, theses), can also fill out a form.
If there is enough interest, they will set up a group for other projects as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">If you’re interested in joining a GWC, please fill out this form:
<a href="http://bit.ly/1miG05f">http://bit.ly/1miG05f</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">If you have any questions, please contact Chris Hamel-Brown, Writing Specialist, at
<a href="mailto:chamel@email.arizona.edu">chamel@email.arizona.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">Shelley Hawthorne Smith, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">University of Arizona Graduate College<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">Office of Fellowships and Community Engagement
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">University Services Building #204E<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">888 N Euclid Ave<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">Tucson, AZ 85721<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif""><a href="mailto:520-626-087ssmith@grad.arizona.edu">520-626-087ssmith@grad.arizona.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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