If you have difficulty making time for writing during the term, if you struggle with motivating yourself to write, if you just get tired of the isolation of working on a project and writing alone, or if you would simply like the camaraderie and supportive collaboration of a writing retreat, consider Time to Write, our faculty writers retreat in February 2012.
Time to Write will provide:
When: Friday, 17 February to Tuesday, 21 February
Where: Marshlands Inn, Sackville, NB
Cost to participants: $200, which includes four nights accommodation, meals and snacks
How to Register
Fill out this form. You will be contacted shortly with further registration details.
Is Time to Write for You?
Your project must be at a stage where sustained writing time makes sense. Your research and/or data collection and analysis must be completed to the point that you are ready to write. You must also be prepared to commit to the full program: a total of 3½ days focused on writing.
The retreat is open to tenured and tenure stream University of Prince Edward Island faculty in any Department/Faculty/School.
What to Expect
Research Services ran its first Time to Write retreat in November, 2011. Here's what participants had to say:
"With nothing else on the agenda but to write, Time to Write was the jump-start to projects that needed a boost. I left recharged and carried some good momentum with me into the rest of the semester." -Dr. Sean Wiebe, Education
"Time to Write provided a much appreciated opportunity to remove myself from my everyday mid-semester work and home-life obligations in order to reconnect with my research and writing. The retreat was extremely well organised;it provided me with just the right combination of isolation and periodic social/intellectual stimulation. In the course of the three and a half days that I spent at the writing retreat, I revised one article manuscript to meet a publication deadline and I started into the writing of a new conference paper." -Dr. Lisa Chilton, History
Logistics
Time to Write participants may bring their own laptops or use laptops provided by the university. There will be wireless Internet access, access to printers, and necessary writing-related supplies (pens, paper, staples, etc). Participants should bring their boxes of notes, data, books, reference materials, etc.
Questions or Concerns?
We will be happy to discuss any questions or concerns you may have about Time to Write. Please contact Dave Atkinson, Research Communications Officer. datkinson@upei.ca, 620-5117.
