Three secrets in MSWord that will supercharge your productivity

So Inger, Shaun and I have just finished another book. This one is called Level Up your Essays for undergraduate writers, and … More

Almost, nearly, very nearly totally complete… except…

There is a stage at the end of a major project, like sending off a book or a thesis, where … More

So How to Fix your Academic Writing Trouble has just arrived in the publisher’s warehouse, which means it’s nearly ready to send … More

There are no right answers here, but the true answer to the question ‘how many drafts should I expect to … More

On this blog, and in programs I’m involved in like Thesis Boot Camp and Shut Up and Write, we frequently … More

In 2013, I wrote one of my most significant early posts on this blog, The Perfect Sentence Vortex and How … More

In my last post on this stuff, I talked about how it feels to be a first time supervisor. I … More

Do you use a word or phrase over and over in your thesis? Perhaps it’s ‘the idea of the New … More

Okay, so this is something that I watch candidates go through, and also something I discovered when I started to … More

So reverse outlines are super simple, and super powerful. Basically, instead of writing a detailed, paragraph-level plan before you start … More