Writing Boot Camps
Boot camps allow participants to write in a distraction-free, structured environment. You should bring your writing project and writing supplies (laptop, paper, notes, etc.). We cannot always provide food, so bring drinks, snacks and lunch (unless otherwise noted below). You can join us virtually using Zoom. We will email the Zoom link to all registered participants. The FAWN Blackboard course page also has the Zoom link.
Registration is not necessary, though it does help us plan and offer you reminders
and words of encouragement.
Please show up and join us for any and all days, for all of the time or part of the
time.
Spring 2026 Writing Boot Camps
- February 21, 9am - 3pm Zoom and Galloway campus room F-121
- April 25, 9am - 3pm Zoom and Galloway campus room G-138
- May 8, Grading cafe! Zoom and Hammonton Kramer Hall 201
- May 13, 9am - 3pm, Zoom and Hammonton Kramer Hall 301, 307, 313
- May 14, 9am - 3pm, Zoom and Atlantic City Scarpa 210 and 211
Spring 2026 Bootcamp with Benefits May 13 & 14, 2026
Boot Camp Daily Schedule
9:00 - 9:15 - Settle in and share your goals for the day
9:15 - 10:45 - Write
10:45 - 11:00 - Break
11:00 - 12:30 - Write
12:30 - 1:00 - Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 - Write
2:30 - 3:00 - Share progress on your goals
Note the seperate times for Zoom workshops and in-person writing sessions below.
Zoom Workshop: 9:30 - 11:30 AM
Writing room open from 1pm - 3pm
Presenter: Vernetta Mosley
One of the most important activities that produces strong scholarly writing is revision.
In a haste to meet deadlines, many in academia do not take the time to sufficiently
revise their documents. Others do not know how to improve a draft. This workshop will
guide you in the questions that should and need to be asked to strengthen your writing.
What You'll Learn: Distinguish between the two types of editing Gain strategies to
revise a document effectively Identify the areas to focus on when revising
Zoom Workshop: 9:30 - 10:30 AM
Writing rooms open from 1pm - 3pm
Presenter: Dannelle Stevens
When I read a journal article, I do not want to wander and wonder where the work is
headed. Largely because I am seeking ideas, information and even inspiration, I want
to know right away what the scholarly work is about. Scholars can guide readers along
a smooth reading road by paying attention to the not-so-obvious infrastructure of
typical journal articles and writing their submissions with this structure in mind.
Examples of infrastructure include the structuring of the abstract and the connections
between the title, the rationale for the paper, and the purpose statement. In this
workshop, we will analyze several articles that have a clear infrastructure and, then,
practice identifying and refining examples from your own manuscripts.
Zoom Workshop: 10:30 - 11:30 AM
Writing rooms open from 1pm - 3pm.
Presenter: Dannelle Stevens
If you don’t know where you are going, you may end up somewhere else. One way to tell
your reader where your manuscript is headed is through a well-crafted purpose statement.
At whatever stage of your writing- conceptualization, generating words, or finalizing
the manuscript, identifying and refining your purpose statement will actually save
you time in the long run. You will have a clearer purpose in collecting your references.
For whatever type of manuscript you are working on, this workshop will include several
activities designed to give you hands-on practice developing and strengthening your
purpose statement.
Share Your Boot Camp Accomplishments!
Please share your writing accomplishments for each writing boot camp you attend by filling out the survey below. Thank you!
