2. Writing for the MA in Partnership Studies The Shannon Consortium Regional Writing Centre Lawrence Cleary and Dr. Íde O’Sullivan, Research Officers, University of Limerick

3. Shannon Consortium Regional Writing Centre at UL 2 The Time/Space Continuum

4. Shannon Consortium Regional Writing Centre at UL 3 The opera ain't over till the fat lady sings Where did you want to be at this point in time? How do you feel about your progress? How confident do you feel that you can be where you want to be by the end of August? How many words would you have to write per month if you were to meet your August target?

5. Shannon Consortium Regional Writing Centre at UL 4 Factors In Learning And Writing CognitiveCognitive—the thoughts that regulate you MetacognitiveMetacognitive—your awareness of the way you’re regulated by this and the other three factors and your manipulation of these factors AffectiveAffective—the feelings that regulate you SocialSocial—the social conditions that regulate you

6. Shannon Consortium Regional Writing Centre at UL 5 Better To Light A Candle Than To Curse The Darkness What are my options? –Cognitive strategies? –Metacognitive strategies? –Affective strategies? –Social strategies?

7. Shannon Consortium Regional Writing Centre at UL 6 Your Process Planning –Understanding the context into which you write –Gathering information Drafting –Developing your ideas Global Revision –Structure and Organization: logical flow across and within paragraphs Local Revision –Sentence-level issues: structure, organization, grammaticality and mechanics

8. Shannon Consortium Regional Writing Centre at UL 7 Process…Strategies…Product Process: –What are you doing? –How are you doing it? –Do your strategies lead to the accomplishment of your space/time/situational requirements? Product: –Did you do everything? –Did you do enough (volume/quality)? –Did you do it in time?

9. Shannon Consortium Regional Writing Centre at UL 8 Mission Ispossible! It is my mission to… Your mission statement is about you, your work, and your ideals. Don’t “box” yourself in. Keep it short. Ask for input. Aim for substance, not superlatives.

10. Shannon Consortium Regional Writing Centre at UL 9 Tomorrow’s just a day away… Make a planMake a plan for tomorrow. –What can you reasonably do? –Make a plan that is challenging but achievable. Make a planMake a plan for the next day. –What can you finish by the end of that day? –Try for visible results.