Should a PhD be ‘hard’?

On the one hand, of course a PhD is ‘hard’–as in ‘has a high difficulty setting’ and also ‘is a … More

‘Your thesis is the map, not the journey’, on the Thesis Whisperer Blog.

A post drawn from our new book was published on the Thesis Whisperer blog a fortnight ago. If you want … More

This is, perhaps, one of the biggest questions for many PhD candidates. Candidates know they need to make an ‘original … More

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

I’ve addressed some of these questions before, particularly in Building your thesis on the corpses of your enemies and in my … More

Often candidates and researchers come to talk to me when they are trying to get back into academic writing after … More

One of the biggest challenges for PhD candidates, and any writer, is motivation. There is little external motivation beyond ‘getting … More

In the last few weeks, things capital-c-Changed. So welcome to the jam-packed blog-of-all-things. It’s long. Also, this is a pretty … More

Last week, I talked about the writing cycle being a trap for perfectionists when applied to each sentence, but really useful … More