Take Some Tips from a Writing and Editing Pro
Here’s a Smart Tip for all writers, editors, and professors: Over the past year I have enjoyed a monthly e-newsletter called Ease in Writing: Writing Tips from Full Circle Communications. I think...
View ArticleA Timer Can Sharpen Your Focus and Increase Writing Productivity
Several of my dissertation coaching clients use timers on their computers to help them get started with a writing session, to stay focused, and to stick with their work. It also helps them to stop at...
View ArticleThree Quick Fixes to Jolt You into Action on Your Dissertation
This is an encore of a blog post that appeared here April 30, 2008. Note: If you haven’t signed up for my free e-newsletter, Smart Tips For Writers, you can take care of that by going to my website...
View ArticleWinter Olympians’ Smart Strategies Can Help You Finish Your Dissertation
Is a non-negotiable deadline closing in on you? Has it been set by your university? Or is a job – perhaps a postdoc– resting on your finishing your dissertation soon? As you struggle to meet the...
View ArticleRevisiting “Is Your Dissertation a Big Rock?”
To Do: Dissertation likes my using the rocks metaphor in “Is Your Dissertation One of Your Big Rocks?” Many thanks to ToDo, who has a tip for us– go to youtube Thanks! What fun! See you on...
View ArticleHow Much Writing Did You Do Today? Track How You Are Spending Your Time
Perhaps what is true for one of my dissertation clients is also true for you. She says that sometimes a day will pass, and she hasn’t done any writing. How do you use your time? How are you spending...
View ArticleBreaking the all-or-nothing mentality
You’re frustrated that it is taking so much time to get to the dissertation finish line. Do you minimize your efforts and withhold any sense of accomplishment for the work you’ve done to get this far?...
View ArticleRelease those endorphins and write
“The idea for this post hit me today when I was at the gym, sweating profusely,” writes Larry Brooks in a blog post called “Blood, Sweat and Words: How Badly Do You Want This?” As I read his guest post...
View ArticleCommit to paper
“Commit to paper” is a common, but powerful phrase. You don’t need to have already had the aha moment in order to write. There’s no holding back when you allow yourself to see that you have enough to...
View ArticleStore Your Dissertation in the Cloud
Do you work on multiple computers? How are you dealing with the need to make optimum use of your time and to make headway on your dissertation no matter at which one of those multiple computers you...
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