This workshop will use the metaphor of the Couch to 5K running programme for thinking about writing improvement. It will present the key principles and discuss how we can use them to develop an Academic Writing Boot up programme.
Together we will explore ways in which you can use deliberate practice to improve any aspect of your writing. It will address these topics:
Writing as a complex skill that can be improved
Importance of fluency to success in writing
Role of working memory and mental representations in fluent writing
Using targeted reflection to identify blockers to writing using the BASE model
Using deliberate repetition to improve any aspect of writing skill.
Academic Writing Month was inspired by the long-running #NaNoWriMo or National Novel Writing Month during which people try to write a novel and share their progress in public. While not everybody finishes their novel, everyone has a chance to improve.
It is less about finishing a piece of writing and more about building good habits and working towards improvement. To support this effort, we have collated some resources to help you improve your writing productivity.
The aim is to explore different strategies and tools to get more writing done with less effort and support others in doing the same.
