Writing Support Program

Build a Sustainable Writing Practice.

THE CFDE FACULTY WRITING ROOM

The CFDE Faculty Writing Room inside Suite 216 of Woodruff Library is dedicated gathering space on campus for writing groups and any faculty member who might just need a quiet place to sit and focus.

  • Comfortable chairs
  • Good lighting
  • Table for groups
  • Tea, coffee, and snacks station
  • Desk with docking station
  • White noise machine 

The Faculty Writing Room is available on reserve for all CFDE organized writing groups, and available to all faculty writers at other times, during business hours. 

Check out the current CFDE Faculty Writing Room schedule.

  

JOIN WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES AND RECHARGE YOUR PRODUCTIVITY.

CFDE Writing Support Program

The Center for Faculty Development and Excellence invites all faculty to participate in a semester-long program of remote and in-person writing support structures. Registrants may choose from four options: 

  1. Writing Discussion Groups – participants read and discuss one another’s work, via Zoom or in-person
  2. Writing Time Together Groups – participants gather in-person for writing time together
  3. Sit Down and Write with the CFDE– twice weekly virtual (and in-person in the CFDE Faculty Writing Room) one-hour group writing sessions and accountability on Tuesdays and Fridays 11 am, via Facebook or Slack
  4. Writing Coach Message Service – twice weekly emails with practical writing tips and support, plus one optional individual 30-minute writing coaching session during the semester

Registration is closed for Spring 2025. It will open in August for Fall 2025.

MORE ABOUT WRITING GROUPS

A writing group can offer support, accountability, structure, and camaraderie for faculty in terms of both the process and the product, for writing across the range of types, lengths, stages of development, and goals. It can supply a welcome antidote to the professional isolation that often comes with the task of writing and, if desired, provide a source for constructive critical feedback on work in progress. Any writing project, whether it’s a book, a journal article, or a grant, can benefit from a writing group.

The CFDE serves as scheduler and convener, provides support, and sends reminders and online group prompts. The CFDE also sets up email lists for each group to facilitate planning and communication between group meetings. CFDE director Allison Adams will meet once with each group during the semester.

For more information, contact Allison Adams.