Writing is difficult. Like most geoscientists, you might struggle, especially if your native tongue is not English. Writing is a skill best learnt by practice, lots of it, ideally with immediate peer feedback. It can also be a lonely job. In this hands-on, participatory workshop you will work on a writing task with colleagues, sharing inspiration and getting immediate feedback. The task illustrates in vivid fashion some key elements of writing.
This Short Course will be a workshop including the following:
1. An overview of writing issues (within a warm-up activity) [15 mins]
2. An enjoyable, small-group, writing game in which you write very short texts, exchanging immediate feedback [40 mins]
3. Small group debrief (groups of 4) [25 mins]
4. A Q&A session with journal editors [20 mins]
5. Wrap-up [10 mins]
As editors of the EGU journal, Geoscience Communication, we believe that this workshop will be of use to all authors, although we particularly encourage beginners and those of intermediate experience to attend.
It might be possible to use a short, and not-too-technical, paragraph of yours in the workshop and suggest improvements. If you would like to do that, please bring it on a USB drive, in Word.
Please note that some workshop materials will allow up to a maximum of 12 participants, on a first-come basis. Additional people will be invited to conduct guided observation in silence during the exercises, and then to contribute actively during the debriefing and discussion.
Please bring some blank paper, a pen and an internet-enabled laptop or telephone (with QR code capability).