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Less is More: How to Scale Back Our Manuscript Goals & Still Do Good Work

Fri, Apr 17, 2026, 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
UIC Daley Library, room 1-470, 801 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL

We know we can’t meet that deadline. And yet, we commit to it anyway. Hoping that somehow, we’ll find a way. Or worse, already knowing that we’ll binge writing our way through, even though it will take weeks to recover. This workshop offers an alternative approach. It explains why it’s so hard to scale back our vision for a manuscript and teaches a straightforward way to do so anyway, while still retaining the quality of the work. Bring a manuscript with a deadline, and you’ll learn to identify which goals can be eliminated, which must be met, and how to become comfortable with your choices. By the end of the workshop, each participant will have a set of manageable writing goals and be able to confidently reduce the scope of work on any manuscript submission.

Refreshments will be available at 12:30pm. The workshop starts at 1pm.


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If you have any questions, please email irrpp@uic.edu.