Building a Writing Practice
that Works for You
An 8-week online workshop & writing accountability group
to help you build a sustainable writing practice and
bring your article or book chapter to completion.
Workshop Runs September 22–November 14, 2025
Enrollment Opens July 1, 2025
Sign up by July 15 for a 20% discount or by September 5 for a 15% discount
Cost before discount: $340 with institutional funding and $250 without institutional funding
As an academic, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed as you try to make progress on your writing while juggling all the other demands on your time.
This workshop provides concrete strategies and support for building a writing practice that helps you make consistent progress on your projects while avoiding burnout.
The workshop offers 8 thoughtful video lessons (20–30 min in length) on the topics below, a workbook with optional exercises designed to help you make the most of the lessons, and weekly group calls over Zoom. The 90-minute weekly group calls always include a short “accountability & support check-in” at the start, and then alternate between cowriting sessions and group coaching sessions on the topics addressed in the videos. The group coaching calls incorporate short writing prompts and mini-presentations from me (that bring in some additional ideas on the topics in question), and they foster a space for supportive discussion and sharing among participants.
Enrollment will be capped at 8 participants.
The weekly group calls are tentatively scheduled for Fridays from 11:30–1:00 Eastern/10:30–12:00 Central/8:30–10:00 Pacific. I will list a few other options on the registration form. You won’t be invoiced for the workshop until we’ve set a definite time for the workshop (so that you can be sure the time will work for you). I will wait to set a definite time until at least 4 people have registered and indicated their time preferences.
We’ll dig into the following topics:
WEEK 1: Finding a Calm Focus & Bringing Pleasure into Your Writing Process
Group call: Kickoff meeting! Intros and goal-setting for the 8-week period, followed by a cowriting session (probably about 60 minutes in length).
WEEK 2: Managing Perfectionism, Your Inner Critic, & Your Urge to Procrastinate
Group call: 75-minute coaching session on bringing pleasure into the writing process and handling your inner critic. 15-minute check-in at the start so that people can share goals for the coming week and talk about how things went the previous week.
WEEK 3: Planning Your Semester & Setting Achievable Goals
Group call: Time for people to share their writing goals, challenges, and “little wins,” followed by a 60–75-minute cowriting session.
WEEK 4: Planning Your Week & Building in Ways to Stay Motivated
Group call: 75-minute coaching session on planning and on setting actionable goals. 15-minute check-in at the start so that people can share goals for the coming week and talk about how things went the previous week.
WEEK 5: Protecting Your Time for Writing & Self-Care
Group call: Time for people to share their writing goals, challenges, and “little wins,” followed by a 60–75-minute cowriting session.
WEEK 6: Protecting Your Focus
Group call: 75-minute coaching session on protecting your time and protecting your focus. 15-minute check-in at the start so that people can share goals for the coming week and talk about how things went the previous week.
WEEK 7: Getting Unstuck at Various Stages of the Writing Process
Group call: Time for people to share their writing goals, challenges, and “little wins,” followed by a 60–75-minute cowriting session.
WEEK 8: Asking for the Help You Need at Various Stages of the Writing Process
Group call: 75-minute coaching session on finding ways to move forward at various stages of the writing process. 15-minute check-in at the start so that people can share goals for the coming week and talk about how things went the previous week.
If you don’t have time to watch the videos before the live calls, that’s fine! You’ll continue to have access to the videos after the workshop ends.