Writing Resources for Divinity Students

The GWL’s Associate Director of Graduate Writing Support and our team of Graduate Writing Fellows are available to meet with you to discuss your YDS writing projects.  Whether you are working on a research paper, exegesis, theological reflection or journal article, we will work with you to achieve your goals.  Make a consultation appointment at any stage of the writing process–from brainstorming through rough drafts and reviewing final papers.

Writing workshops for Divinity Students are designed to help you develop the writing skills you need in YDS.  They cover a range of genres including exegeses, reflection papers, and academic research papers.  Our workshops are interactive, providing students an opportunity to apply the principles covered and engage with each other.  

Write-ins are three-hour blocks of time devoted to productive writing among your peers. You’ll begin by setting goals for your writing session, then draw focus from a community of peers as you work to achieve them. We’ll supply a distraction-free space and a mid-session snack break so you can direct your energy toward getting work done. 

These small groups of YDS students working on their theses meet for one hour each week. They begin in October and continue into the spring semester. Participants share progress on their weekly goals at the start of each meeting. Then, one writer presents a draft for feedback from the group. Together participants strive to create a community of writers supporting each other toward successful and timely completion of their theses.