
How do I edit?
At the recent Thesis Boot Camp, I discovered that a lot of people were reluctant to write generatively because they weren’t good at drafting. They
At the recent Thesis Boot Camp, I discovered that a lot of people were reluctant to write generatively because they weren’t good at drafting. They
In my post on why Procrastination is not your fault, I suggested that If you are a professional musician, a nano-microbiologist, a civil engineer, a
Okay, so this post is perhaps a bit more Kill Bill than Thesis Whisperer, but this has been coming up a lot recently in conversations
This post is for anyone who saw the Writing Cycle posts and thought–hmmmm, but what happens when I have to rewrite? what about gaps that
Does this sound familiar? You sit down to write. You read over your notes to work out what you’re going to say and check up
One of the joys of my job is being allowed to ask academics, ‘How do you write?’ The answer, often is, ‘I just write, and
If you come to my house, and I give you a beautiful piece of basil-smeared chicken breast, wrapped in pancetta, on a bed of baby
Last week, I talked about the writing cycle being a trap for perfectionists when applied to each sentence, but really useful when applied to larger sections.
So, as you may have noticed (just perhaps) that I also run @AcadSkillsMelb and the Academic Skills Facebook Page. And I read a lot of
As the person who runs Academic Skills Twitter feed, @AcadSkillsMelb, I run a virtual Shut Up and Write session twice a week (both on Wednesdays).