Write Here Write Now!

Write Here Write Now!

Write Here Write Now! is a fortnightly writing session where research students can work on individual writing tasks in a group setting.

Writing your thesis can sometimes feel like a monumental task. You can join our Write Here Write Now! sessions to meet your fellow PhD and Masters by Research candidates, share writing tips, and kickstart your writing habit. Sessions are held fortnightly on Thursdays from 10 to 11.30am at our Bundoora and RMIT City campuses.

Writing in the company of others can provide a great boost to your productivity and focus. Write Here Write Now! is a fortnightly supportive writing session where we meet to work on individual writing tasks in a group setting.

Write Here Write Now! is based on the Shut Up and Write! initiative, where a support group of writers helps each other with accountability and motivation. Writing group sessions like this are held all over the world and are particularly popular in the academic writing community. 

These sessions use the Pomodoro Technique, developed by Francesco Cirillo in the 1980s, designed to help minimise distractions and hack our natural attention span to help you stay on task and write a significant amount of words in a short amount of time. Each session comprises a cycle of 25-minute writing sprints with a 5-minute break in between, using a timer. Kitchen timers in Italy were often shaped like a tomato, or pomodoro in Italian, hence the name.

What happens at Write Here Write Now?

The session is led by a friendly and supportive staff member from the Research Plus Team. 

  • Register to join us for the fortnightly Thursday sessions via the Research Plus Platform.
  • Arrive at 10am for the first writing sprint.
  • There are three 25-minute sprints.
  • We break for five minutes between each sprint.
  • We wrap up at 11.30am.

Preparing for Write Here Write Now!

Have in mind what you want to work on and prepare any notes or references that you will need in advance of time. Try to stay free of distractions, close your email and non-writing related applications, and switch your phone to silent. 

Have a place to take notes, so that if something comes to mind that isn’t related to your writing task at hand, you can make a note and get back to it later.

Enquiries

If you have any questions or suggestions, reach out to the Research Plus team via hdr.researchplus@rmit.edu.au.

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.

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