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What is a WAG/Writing Accountability Group?
A WAG is not the same as a typical writing group in which participants may just simply write. A WAG is about accountability, structure, and community.
To be precise, a WAG is “an active writing group that meets once a week over a 10-week block [Note: ours is the 2 summer months] and follows a strict agenda of 15 minutes of updates and goal-setting followed by 30 minutes of individual writing, and then 15 minutes of reporting and wrap-up. (There is no peer review of your writing: instead, the WAG is focused on developing a process and habit of writing).
A WAG is limited to 4-8 members [Note: ours are 4-5 members] and you MUST commit to attending at least 7 of the weekly sessions. I guarantee that if you adhere to the plan, you will achieve increased writing productivity (quantity and quality), have greater control over the writing process, experience improved goal-setting and time management, and as a bonus, you’ll establish relationships with new colleagues and friends.” —Gently adapted from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine’s Office of Faculty Development
A WAG is not the same as a typical writing group in which participants may just simply write. A WAG is about accountability, structure, and community.
To be precise, a WAG is “an active writing group that meets once a week over a 10-week block [Note: ours is the 2 summer months] and follows a strict agenda of 15 minutes of updates and goal-setting followed by 30 minutes of individual writing, and then 15 minutes of reporting and wrap-up. (There is no peer review of your writing: instead, the WAG is focused on developing a process and habit of writing).
A WAG is limited to 4-8 members [Note: ours are 4-5 members] and you MUST commit to attending at least 7 of the weekly sessions. I guarantee that if you adhere to the plan, you will achieve increased writing productivity (quantity and quality), have greater control over the writing process, experience improved goal-setting and time management, and as a bonus, you’ll establish relationships with new colleagues and friends.” —Gently adapted from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine’s Office of Faculty Development
Questions about registration? Please contact Shiree Williams (swilliams@acsouth.edu).
Questions about the WAG Program? Please contact Kitty Maynard (kmaynard@richmond.edu)