Some workplaces and research cultures explicitly or implicitly run so that every conversation is actually a battle for airtime, and it’s common to try to sabotage other people’s chances. We should be working towards the exact opposite: energising, authentic, worthwhile, academic conversations. That’s what we love about getting together with our nerd pals.
‘Binge writing’ is a common term, which I see used globally by people talking about why it’s better to write a small amount every day. But we need a more inclusive way to talk about intense and fulfilling writing time.
In 2013, I wrote one of my most significant early posts on this blog, The Perfect Sentence Vortex and How to Escape It. That post
Of all the posts I wrote for this blog in the early days, ‘Generative Writing and #shutupandwrite‘ has dated the most. In those days I
I’ve addressed some of these questions before, particularly in Building your thesis on the corpses of your enemies and in my post on Effective Signposting. But I
On this blog, and in programs I’m involved in like Thesis Boot Camp and Shut Up and Write, we frequently recommend just getting out a
While I’m writing the Writing Trouble book, I’m surrounded by some of my favourite texts about writing. None of them have all the answers, but
Last time I posted about “pre-research”, I talked about moving from pre-research into searching and then researching for a literature review. I said: Finally, I would go
On the one hand, of course a PhD is ‘hard’–as in ‘has a high difficulty setting’ and also ‘is a lot of work’. It’s 3+
Hello everyone! It’s been quiet here for a bit, not because my drafts folder isn’t full of future posts but because I’ve been on research
