Summer 2019 Intensive Writing Experience
Intensive Writing Experience—Dissertation Writers
Sponsored by the Purdue Writing Lab with support from the Purdue Graduate School
Application Deadline: May 31, 2019
Please fill out this form and bring a printed copy to the Writing Lab or email the completed form to vkennell@purdue.edu
WHAT IS THE INTENSIVE WRITING EXPERIENCE?
The purpose of the Intensive Writing Experience is to give doctoral students in good standing with their programs time to write or to revise their dissertations with support from Writing Lab staff. Participants will receive writing instruction and support from Writing Lab staff, will spend significant time writing or revising their dissertations, and will network with other dissertation writers on campus.
Each writing experience will be three days long. Each day will be seven hours (9:30 AM to 4:30 PM). Lunch and snacks will be provided. Participants must be able to attend the entire 3-day experience.
WHO CAN ATTEND THE INTENSIVE WRITING EXPERIENCE?
In order to participate, graduate students must be in good standing with their academic program, must be writing or revising their dissertation, and must have the approval of their major professor or the director of graduate studies in their department.
There is no guarantee that an applicant will be accepted to any session, as availability is based on staffing limitations.
Intensive Writing Experiences are focused around three stages of the dissertation process: Getting Started, Drafting, and Revising.
Summer 2019 Schedule
Drafting Dates: June 25-27 or July 16-18
This session is for writers who are actively writing a draft of the dissertation and want to learn skills that will help with the writing itself.
Revising Dates: June 18-20 or July 9-11
This session is for writers who have at least 75% of the document written and who are working on revising what they have previously written. This is not a formatting workshop.
Applicants should select only sessions for which they can attend all days.
See the attached document for application instructions