Working out why something works

As someone who had a pretty efficient work-life balance system, before COVID made everything happen on a computer in my … More

‘Turning the dial’: a more sustainable way to make New Year plans

It’s the beginning of the year, and some of you are heading back to work already. I certainly am. Not … More

Planning your day, your week, your month… or even your year

(I hope you sang the title to the Friends’ theme tune.) It can be a challenge to juggle lots of … More

Getting started on your PhD proposal

A couple of people in my wider circle have recently asked me about how to get started on a PhD … More

Tiny text, narrative outline: A new storytelling planning technique

You know I love Kamler and Thomson’s Tiny Texts–and we talk about them at length in our Academic Writing Trouble … More

Planning vs. panic: 5 strategies for success

Someone whose work I really appreciate is Jo Van Every (@JoVanEvery). She has written a lot of blog posts (for … More

Start making Done lists instead of To-do lists

I’ve mentioned ‘done lists‘ before, but as it’s the beginning of the year, I thought it was time to remind … More

Wikipedia, Dictionaries, Encyclopaedias and “pre-research”

We all know academic writing “shouldn’t quote Wikipedia”… but what we often get wrong is why it’s not ‘the done … More

How many drafts should you write?

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

5 situations when ‘Planning by Chatting’ is an effective technique

I’m currently setting up a Learning Hub for La Trobe to bring together all the learning support across 6 campuses, … More