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 some 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. Intensive Writing Experiences are focused around three stages of the dissertation process: Getting Started, Drafting, and Revising.

Summer 2019 Schedule

Application Deadline: May 31, 2019

Please fill out this form and bring a printed copy to the Lab or email the completed form to vkennell@purdue.edu.

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.

Writers' Rooms

Writers' Rooms are dedicated times and places for graduate writers to work on their academic writing projects (e.g., scholarly articles, dissertations, etc.). Writers should plan to spend most of the two-hour block in independent writing; however, Writing Lab tutors will be available for very brief, limited consultations if concerns arise during the writing time.

Writers should bring whatever materials they need for successful work on their projects, including laptops, books and articles, style guides, research data, white board markers, pens, paper, etc.

All Writers' Rooms are held in HEAV 220. There is a maximum attendance of 15 people for every date.

Summer 2019 Schedule

May 13–August 2, excluding May 27 (Memorial Day) and July 4 (Independence Day)

Mondays: 2:00–4:00 pm

Fridays: 9:00–11:00 am