The stories we tell ourselves to get unstuck
Michelle Boyd answers a question about taking small steps to make progress on a large writing project.
A project management approach to academic writing
In this post Dr. Mazak discusses how to manage the writing process for a large project such as a dissertation, thesis, or book and offers resources to help new or experienced writers.
Organize Your Writing Projects
Celebrate Academic Writing Month 2023 by getting organized! Find open-access resources to help you avoid being distracted by details and lost files.
Managing and Writing the Doctoral Thesis or Dissertation
Dr. Linda Bloomberg offers detailed suggestions for getting organized and starting a dissertation or thesis.
Banned Thinking, Banned Books: Implications for Researchers and Academic Writers
Banned Books Week is a launchpad for an ongoing focus on factors that precede book bans or curricular restrictions, and implications for researchers and academic writers.
How telling one person’s story can represent the voices of many
Marta Eichsteller offers tips for using and writing about biographical methods.
Academic Writing Month 2022
All the posts for Academic Writing Month 2022 are here on one page!
Collaborative Writing (on a Book about Collaboration!)
Learning while doing: collaborating on a book about collaboration.
Ethical Issues in Academic Writing
Ethical decisions are present throughout the process of academic writing and publishing. This collection of open-access articles offers insights about some of the issues writers face.
Nonbinary Identities, Context, and Academic Writing
Our context and identities influence how we think about our writing practice, our beliefs about time and boundaries, and so many other factors that have a real effect on us as academic writers.
Junk In Your Trunk: What to Do When You Feel Behind in Your Writing
Dr. Boyd was a panelist for the webinar, How Academic Writing Coaches Get Unstuck. In this post she responds to numerous questions posed by attendees, such as: “How to deal with shame about being very behind on a writing project?”
No Bad News: How Anyone Can Create an Easy, Effective Writing Group
Dr. Boyd was a panelist for the webinar, How Academic Writing Coaches Get Unstuck. In this post she responds to a question posed by an attendee: “How do you find a writing group?
Tools for Citation and Publishing from NVivo
In addition to selling their well-known data analysis software, NVivo offers lots of free resources for qualitative and mixed methods researchers. They have a blog, a webinar series, and practical how-to videos. Find resources for academic writers whether or not you use their products.
Writing Groups: A Podcast
In this podcast panelist Leslie Wang discusses “All About Writing Groups” and offers practical tips for organizing your own.
The Writing Life Beyond Career Requirements
What do academics write when they are free from institutional constraints about what they can publish? See this post and conversation with Janet Salmons and Virginia Yonkers.
What’s next for #AcademicTwitter?
Listen to this conversation with Dr. Stu Shulman for discussion of implications of current developments for academics.
Quiet the Noise: What to Do When You’re Writing Defensively (Part 2)
Dr. Boyd was a panelist for the webinar, How Academic Writing Coaches Get Unstuck. In this post she responds to questions posed by attendees: “How do you get unstuck in writing when someone's negative, hypercritical, or just mean feedback has gotten you stuck?” and “How do you balance or sustain your writing with all the imposter syndrome thoughts coming at you?
Quiet the Noise: What to Do When You’re Writing Defensively (Part 1)
Dr. Boyd was a panelist for the webinar, How Academic Writing Coaches Get Unstuck. In this post she responds to questions posed by attendees: “How do you get unstuck in writing when someone's negative, hypercritical, or just mean feedback has gotten you stuck?” and “How do you balance or sustain your writing with all the imposter syndrome thoughts coming at you?
How Academic Writing Coaches Get Unstuck
We kicked off this year’s AcWriMo with a webinar that featured three professional coaches. View the recording here, and check back for more posts from the panelists and answers to questions posed during the webinar.
The Blank Page: Starting a New Project for Academic Writing Month
Where do you start when the blank page is staring at you? Answer these key questions to get started!