It’s the beginning of the year, and some of you are heading back to work already. I certainly am. Not … More
Tag: planning
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
Escape from the Perfect Sentence Vortex of Doom: Second Edition
In 2013, I wrote one of my most significant early posts on this blog, The Perfect Sentence Vortex and How … More
