Description:

In many areas of our creative and writing life (grant applications, articles, essays, conference presentations, books, chapters, etc.), faculty members contend with blocks that inhibit our written expression and output. In this interactive workshop, we travel “upstream” and focus on processes and mindsets that undergird productive and purposeful writing lives.

To this end, we will:

-Identify common writing roadblocks, like time, isolation, resistance, perfectionism, and rejection, among others
-Experiment with new mindsets
-Become familiar with tools essential to sustaining a writing practice
-Create action steps designed to address internal and external obstacles

Facilitated by Deborah Siegel-Acevedo PhD, a former academic turned professional writer and writing coach who is passionate about helping others achieve cherished goals, this workshop integrates solutions-based strategies drawn from writing studies, design thinking, and appreciative inquiry. With warmth, humor, and an arsenal of tested ideas, Siegel-Acevedo emphasizes the skills as well as the communal crucible necessary to align one’s writing with one’s life.