show up & write. Refreshed in 2024
Writing can be an isolating experience, and we know from studies of “writing in social spaces” that we write more and with greater ease when we write alongside others. Writing alongside others (known or unknown) has been proven to lower task related anxieties, to help writers maintain focus, and to produce more.
You can show up and write on any type of project. You can work on any type of task that allows you to move your project forward: reading, coding, analyzing, illustrating, and just plain drafting or revising.
To write with others in-person at CSU
- Select and go to your preferred writing time/location on campus.
- If using the “Stamp Me” app for “show up” credit, scan the QR code to sign in.
- Check in with the session Lead Writer (s).
- Before leaving the session, thank the Lead Writer(s).
- Return on a regular basis to build momentum and make progress on your semester projects
It is okay if you cannot stay for a full 2-hour session. Drop-in and write for as long as you can and your schedule allows. it is better for you to write for 30 or 60 minutes regularly than to skip a session.
To write with others virtually
- Click on the “Attend” button to the left.
- Enter the MSTeams Meeting.
- Use the chat to greet the Lead Writer and others in the meeting.
- Share your session writing goals in the chat.
- Before exiting the session, use the chat to share your progress with the proctor and session writing colleagues.
- Return on a regular basis to build momentum and make progress on your semester projects.
times
monday – thursday
8am – 4pm (MST)
2-hour sessions (in-person and virtual)
locations
in-person sessions
mon/weds
8 – 10am Walnut 119
10am – 12pm Walnut 119
12 – 2pm Walnut 119
2 – 4pm Walnut 101
tues/thurs
8 – 10am Walnut 119
10am – 12pm Walnut 119
12 – 2pm Walnut 119
2 – 4pm Walnut 101
Spring 2024 Lead Writers
- Hana Gatlawi, Microbiology, Immunology Pathology
- Lauren Vilen, School of Education
- Dixie Poteet, Systems Engineering
- Luke MacHale, Chemistry
- Kendall Stephenson, Economics
What is a Lead Writer? & How can you become a Lead Writer?
Lead Writers are CSU faculty, researchers, postdocs, graduate students, staff–anyone at CSU, really–who hosts a space for writers to write together. Writing can be an isolating experience, and we know from studies of “writing in social spaces” that researchers write more and with greater ease when we write alongside others.
By hosting a writing session for CSU Writes (in-person or virtually) you will experience low-stakes accountability that will help you “show up & write” regularly for your own writing–because others will count on you being there to write alongside them. Lead Writers DO NOT provide feedback nor do they provide writing advice. You simply welcome writers who have joined your session, record attendance, and start/stop the writing session at the designated times. Lead Writers can host sessions virtually; however, we seek to have at least one Lead Writer in-person.
Our goal in 2024 is to have 2 co-lead writers for each show up & write. session (one in-person; one virtual). We would love to have you as a Lead Writer for a session!
sponsored & designated writing sessions
GRANT Writes
Monday mornings
9-9:30am goal setting - 9:30-10:30am optional show up & write. working session
Grant Writes is a series of co-sponsored, co-developed offerings for CSU faculty, postdocs, researchers, and graduate students. CSU Writes partners with resident experts to provide low-stakes grant writing support and feedback. Our partners include such avid writers as Dr. Stu Tobet of Biomedical Engineering, Dr. Jeff Wilusz of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Dr Izabela Ragan of Biomedical Sciences, and the OVPR’s Research Acceleration Office.
CSU Writes has supported writers of successful internal and small grants to NIH-R01, NSF-Career, DARPA, USDA, Beottcher, and other granting agencies.
FROC Writes
This show up & write. session is designated for CSU’s FACULTY & RESEARCHERS OF COLOR
We currently need two Lead Writers for this show up & write. option.
If you identify as a faculty or researcher (graduate students included) of color and wish to lead a session of FROC Writes please contact Dr. Kristina Quynn for more details. quynn@colostate.edu
Lead Writer Sign Up
show up & write. sessions are led by dedicated volunteer faculty, graduate students, and postdocs.
If you are interested in serving as a Lead Writer for a M/W or T/R 2-hour block this semester fill out the form below or email CSU Writes for more information (csuwrites@colostate.edu).
show up & write. guide
learn more about the show up & write. method and philosophy in this guide
