Writing marathon
1 week : 5 days : 42.19 hours
Did you already launch into the final spurt of writing your bachelor’s or master’s thesis?
Students at the University of Vienna writing their papers/theses are offered a (Moodle) room, structure and a productive exchange.
Participants in the writing marathon are offered:
- a room that enables fully focused working;
- A clear weekly structure
- individual consultations on academic writing and working;
- Feedback on texts
- Workshops in small groups
- exchange on methods;
- and not least, fun and motivation!
You can choose between a German-language and an English-language group. When registering, please indicate which group you would like to participate in.
Prerequisites for participation
... for bachelor's students
- You are attending a bachelor’s seminar.
- You have found a topic, and it has been approved/registered and narrowed down.
- You have extensively read up on the topic.
- You are able to attend punctually and participate in the entire marathon on every day for one week.
... for master's students and graduands
- You have extensively read up on the topic.
- Your topic has been registered, and you have recently met your supervisor or have scheduled a meeting before the writing marathon.
- You are able to attend punctually and participate in the entire marathon on every day for one week.
Registration starts on 13 May
Here’s what participants in the writing marathon are saying:
So far, only good things. We asked the participants of a writing marathon group for testimonials .
One participant reports on his experiences at the marathon in the blog post Mit "Peer-Pressure" gegen Prokrastination (in German). Worth reading!
Contact
The framework of the writing marathon has been drawn up by Dagmar Knorr, who organised the first 42:19-hour writing stint within one week at Universität Hamburg.