show up & write.
Because showing up to a writing session is the first step to finishing your project.
show up & write. are hosted drop-in writing sessions to help writers maintain focus and produce more over the semester because we write together.
Writing hosts of sessions are CSU researchers, scholars, or staff who volunteer to hold a space for writing at regular times so that you can “show up & write” together.
Drop in as your schedule allows—for 30 minutes, 1-hour, or up to 2-hours. Sessions are set for up to 2-hours to facilitate regular, focused, energized work by providing a structure that helps writers avoid binge writing and tipping into exhaustion.
Drop in regularly to build momentum and bring any task that will move your project forward.
IN PERSON, check the schedule below for times and locations on campus.
VIRTUAL, check the schedule below for times, then click the Microsoft Teams link to join.
Add show up & write. to your calendar to build momentum on writing projects.
SPRING 2026 show up & write. Schedule
Sessions Run FEB 2 - MAY 4
sprint & write.
Timed generative writing sessions to help you draft quickly.
Tuesdays, 10-11:30am (FEB 3 - MAY 5) | Virtual on Zoom
sprint & write. virtual drop-in writing sessions include timed blocks of writing (3x 25-minute sprints) to provide intense focus and enhanced productivity. These sessions are built out of the 4-Hour Article Draft method, which is a productivity series we offer typically in Fall semesters. Writers who have reached the stage of drafting their manuscript may find they can generate a full article draft by attending a few sessions.
sprint & write. sessions are open to all! Feel free to drop-in for our weekly virtual sessions as you are able, or register below for a calendar event reminder to join each week.
Session Hosts
Give yourself the gift of weekly writing sessions, and make show up & write. possible in the process.
show up & write. is possible because of our dedicated team of volunteer Session Hosts who, like you, may be faculty, postdoc, researcher, or graduate students. Volunteering as a Session Hosts offers valuable additional structure and accountability to move your projects forward by committing to host as many 2-hour sessions each week as you would like!
- Milena Dehn (Economics) – MON/WED 8-10am (Walnut 101)
- Tamanda Chabvuti (Communications) – MON 10AM-12PM, (256 WCNR)
- Andrea Sanchez (Cell & Molecular Biology) – MON 8-10am (virtual)
- Katie Bond (Systems Engineering) – MON/THUR 10am-12pm (virtual)
- Melissa Pickett (Journalism and Media Communication) – MON/WED 2-4pm (virtual)
- Lauren Hartig (Education) – MON 7-9pm (virtual)
- Charlotte Oliver (CSU Extension) – TUES/THUR 12-4pm (virtual)
- Jessi Pettigrew (Social Work) – TUES 12-4pm (Walnut 101)
- Laura Cole (Design & Merchandising) – THUR 9-11am (virtual)
- Laura Vilen (Education) – FRI 10-12pm (virtual)
- Luke MacHale (Chemistry) – MON/WED/THUR 3-5pm (Walnut 119)
- VA Barber (Education) – FRI 3-5pm (virtual)
- Becca Windell (Fish, Wildlife, & Conservation Biology) – MON/WED 12-1:50pm (virtual)
- Kristina Moen (Mathematics) – MON/THUR 1-3pm (Weber 15/virtual)
- Laura Vilen (Education) – TUE/THUR 7:30-9:30am (virtual)
- Luke MacHale (Chemistry) – TUE/THUR 2-4pm (Eddy 110)
- VA Barber (Education) – TUE 4-6pm (virtual)
- Clara Mosso (Graduate Degree Program in Ecology) – TUE/THUR 9am-12pm (Eddy 110 & LSC)
- Ghyslaine Ramirez (Biomedical Sciences) – WED 4-6pm (Foothills Campus)
- Susan Clotfelter (Journalism and Media Communication) – FRI 10am-2pm (virtual)
- Clara Mosso (Graduate Degree Program in Ecology) – MON/WED 8-10am & Fridays 2-4pm (Walnut 119)
- Kimi Conro (Journalism and Media Communication) – MON 9-11am, THUR 12-2pm, FRI 12-2pm (virtual)
- Melissa Pickett (Journalism and Media Communication) – MON/WED 12-2pm (virtual)
- Lauren Vilen (Education) – TUES/THUR 8-10am (virtual)
- Kristina Quynn (CSU Writes) – TUES 9-11am (Walnut 101 & virtual)
- Jason Boes (Chemistry) – TUES 11am-1pm (Walnut 101)
- Kristina Moen (Mathematics) – TUES 1-3pm & THUR 12-2pm (Walnut 101)
- Tamanda Chabvuta (Communications) – WED (Walnut 119)
- Luke MacHale (Chemistry) – THURS 2-4pm (Walnut 119)
Want to Learn More?
Why we show up & write.
Showing up to a writing session is the first step to writing your article, proposal, thesis, or dissertation. The extensive research projects we write require that we build documents incrementally over time. We must show up & write. regularly if we are to be both successful and happy in academe.
According to Communications scholar, Joli Jensen, the recipe for a rewarding life in academe is “brief, frequent, low stress, and highly rewarding encounters with a project we enjoy.”
Ultimately, we write better when we “contain” our writing to specific times and places. We also write better when we have other writers for company. Rowena Murray and her collaborators have shown the benefits of “writing in social spaces” for reducing task related anxieties, improving overall mood, and increasing productivity (MacLeod et al. 2012; Murray 2014).
show up & write. is a CSU Writes offering that helps writers “contain” their projects in time and space AND provides a writing companion to enhance focus, wellbeing, and productivity.
