Endorsements

 
 "It was such a great pleasure and opportunity learning from your invaluable expertise during the entire semester and having such a lovely and supportive community. "
Umay Kader, PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia
 
 "I have so appreciated your support in the program... I've told a lot of my friends to consider your retreats in the future."
Letisha Brown, Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati
 

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Spring  into your Writing in 2023

Winter break will come and go before you blink an eye.   Some of you have been hoping to catch up on  your writing over the break.  Others have decided to give yourselves a break.  But come January, we will all be back in the classroom, taking classes and teaching them or both.   We could spend our energy regretting all the writing we hoped to do but didn’t over the break. But that’s water under the bridge and doesn’t do any one much good.

It’s time to admit that putting off writing until you have more time (like spring break) is a terrible idea.  If you want to actually produce that journal article or dissertation chapter, or book, you have to work on it regularly.  But let’s be realistic, starting a new semester is time intensive and getting to know a new crop of students is emotionally exhausting.  So don’t beat yourself over the head if you never get much writing done in January, let it go. But make a plan. Starting February, you really need to get serious about integrating your writing into your academic lif style.  Unlike some writing coaches, I don’t believe that you must write every day.  Each of us has our own rhythm.  But to make progress requires you to prioritize your own writing.  You need  semester goals, and weekly plans.  You need  an accountability group to help you know when your goals are realistic and when they set you up to fail.  You need realistic goals so you don’t end up feeling guilty.  You need realistic goals so you get your product out the door.    

One possibility that may help is if you join us at  Risman’s Online Writing Retreat to have a supportive  accountability group.   And so much more.  There are three options this spring, one is brand new!  The dates are from Monday February 13  until  Monday May 1st  every week 9:00 AM to noon on Mondays, Central Time, US.  
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For those of you who are alums, I’m going to mix it up a little this spring.  We will  meet and greet for just a few minutes at the start and then go straight into accountability groups, and I’ll rotate in and out of the accountability groups to strategize about how best to overcome obstacles that are getting in the way of your  productivity.

First Option for Junior Scholars : Tricks of the Trade for Publishing

Each day I will offer 20-30 minutes full of tricks of the trade.  This will cover everything from how to structure an article, to moving from a rough draft to a finished product, to picking the right journal and dealing with reviewer comments.   

NEW Second Option (only) for RWR Alumni: Where does Writing and Publishing Fit into your Career?

If you choose this option, you will have two private coaching sessions about your career trajectory and if/how writing and publishing  should fit into your career.   What do you need to do while in school?  Is a post-doc necessary?  How to decipher the tenure standards in your local environment.  
   
Third Option: A Workshop for how to Get it out the door 

This is a writing workshop where we critique each other’s work.  This is primarily for alumni of Risman’s Writing Retreats although more senior scholars who know the ‘tricks of the trades’ are welcome here as well.   This is for professionals who have finished their terminal degree. Each scholar will have at least one chance to workshop a part of  a manuscript (up to 15 pages). We will all learn about writing from the conversations about each paper.  I  will provide topical notes about what we have learned at the end of each workshop.  In addition, I will line-edit the work for each presenter.  This workshop is limited to 10 participants.  Each person will  workshop a book proposal, a section of an article, or a part of a book chapter. 
All options include writing together each monday.

Fee for Tricks of the Trade
Students $150
Post-Docs $200
Faculty/ Non-Academic Professional $300 

Fee for Career Coaching
Students $250
Post-Docs $300
Faculty $400

Fee for Writing Workshop
Post-Docs $300
Faculty/Non-Academic Professional $500