The Journal Article Writing Community offers a guided approach to writing a journal article, breaking down key steps in the process over 12 weeks. In contrast to our regular weekly writing groups, we ask that participants in this community commit to attending most weekly sessions and to doing some additional asynchronous writing each week.

This virtual group weaves accountability, structure, and community into the writing process. Although writing can be a solitary activity, when we work on our separate projects at the same time, we can celebrate and commiserate together.

The basics

There will be a weekly meeting each Friday from 1-3, running from January 31 to April 25, 2025 (March 14 is optional). Each meeting will begin with guidance to structure the week’s focused work, and then members will use the remaining time to work on their projects.

This group will work best for participants who have a draft (for example, a conference paper or rough outline) already. For those who don’t, some additional work will be needed.

Participants who attend most sessions (no more than 2 missed sessions) will receive a certificate from the OFE and, ideally, an article worth sending to journals for consideration.

Provisional schedule

Subject to change based on participants’ interests and needs.

Week	Date	Focus
1	Jan 31	Getting set to write
2	Feb 7	Workshop: Make a Template from a Model Journal Article. Guest Speaker: Christine Tulley, President and Executive Writing Coach, Defend, Publish, and Lead
3	Feb 14	Defining your argument or topic
4	Feb 21	Background and literature review
5	Feb 28	Open writing session
6	Mar 7	Methods, results, and discussion sections
7	Mar 14	Spring break: optional open writing session
8	Mar 21	Guest workshop: Staying productive and balancing teaching and writing
9	Mar 28	Results and discussion sections
10	Apr 4	Results and discussion sections (cont.)
11	Apr 11	Abstract and refining article structure
	Apr 18	University closed: no meeting
12	Apr 25	Getting article ready for submission