Online Writing Retreats

What can you expect?

During an online Writing Retreat, you will spend 3 full days working on your own text from your own desk, alongside 11 other students.

Each day kicks off with an intensive workshop led by a subject teacher, where you'll:

• receive theory on academic writing
• gain practical tips for improving both your text (in terms of structure and style) and your writing process (in terms planning and motivation)
• set a personal writing goal for the day

On days 1 and 2, there'll also be an optional drop-in session for Q&A with the teacher.

On day 3, you will participate in a closing session to reflect on your lessons learned and outline key focus points for your future writing.

Why participate?

• Writing together is more fun: you will be more productive and feel less lonely.
• You get tips on how to write a good academic paper.
• You can make significant progress with your text in just three days.

Admission criteria

• You are a WUR student.
• You must work on your own text for at least 4 hours a day. (If you don't have enough writing work lying around for that, there is no point in participating.)
• You are required to attend all group meetings.

Location

All activities take place online, in Teams.

Costs

Participation is free of charge.

Language

The working language will be English. It does not matter in which language you write your text.

Program

In the time between these parts of the program, you continue to write your own text.