Writing can be isolating, especially when deadlines loom and feedback feels out of reach. These 90-minute sessions offer a rare kind of editorial support: protected writing time, guided reflection, and live coaching from Heidi Nobles, editor and Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at UVA.

Each workshop will take some time to focus on one of three major stages of the writing/revision process (idea development; structure and balance; and sentence-level style), and then opens up time for you to write, wherever you are in your project.  Throughout (and after) the session, you will have access to a trained Virtual Editor, personalized guidance from Heidi, and opportunities to talk through your work with peers. Whether you’re stuck with writer’s block, sorting through feedback, wrestling with organization, or struggling to find your authorial voice, come with a work in progress and see what changes.

You’re welcome to arrive with just an idea—but if you’re farther along, you might gather a few materials beforehand:

• a current draft (in any state)
• relevant publication or submission guidelines
• recent published works from your target publisher/journal 
• sample works you admire
• your source materials or notes
• any previous drafts, slides, or reader reports

Heidi Nobles is a writer, editor, and Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Virginia, where she directs the Writing Across the Curriculum program. Her work bridges editorial practice, writing pedagogy, and digital humanities, exploring how editing—human or machine—shapes the way we think and create. She also leads Edits on the Record, an open-access project that makes the invisible work of editing visible across scholarly and creative communities.