Revive an Old Writing Project, or Let It Die?
Look candidly at your unfinished project. Is it a stepping stone, and completion will be allow you to move ahead? Or is it an obstacle that prevents you from moving forward? Find ideas to help you determine whether to revive that piece of writing or let it go.
Keeping Writing Projects Alive
Have a writing project that is languishing? Find practical tips for keeping it alive!
Managing and Writing the Doctoral Thesis or Dissertation
Dr. Linda Bloomberg offers detailed suggestions for getting organized and starting a dissertation or thesis.
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?”
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.
Make Writing Time Sacred (and What to Do When You Don’t)
We are all busy. How can we find time to write? Maria Lahman, author of Writing and Representing Qualitative Research offers some suggestions.
Focusing: The Muse and the Mundane
Pause. Take a walk. Listen to your muse. Then you will be ready to write!
Authorship tips
You wrote it together, so who is the “lead author”? Tips from Dr. Maria Lahman.