Did you reach your writing goals over Thanksgiving (which, here in the States, we just celebrated)?
Going into the week-end, did you declare, “I’m going to fight to make the most of the time.”
If, by hook or crook, you made the time your own and reached your writing goals, hurray for you! You deserve back pats [...]
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When Will You Start Writing Your Dissertation? How About Never?
Posted in Smart Tips, academic, coaching, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, getting started, procrastination, restart writing, restarting, writing, tagged procrastination, putting the dissertation second, never getting started writing on December 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Are you the person in the cartoon who in setting a date for a committee meeting says, “How about never? Would that work for you?” Is that the attitude you have toward your dissertation?
When you have a big project—whether it’s writing a dissertation or a book or planning a big event—do you throw all of [...]
Productive Writers Do What?
Posted in Smart Tips, academic, coaching, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, getting started, procrastination, productivity, re-start, restart writing, restarting, self-deception, self-sabotage, writing, writing models, writing, dissertation, tagged eliminate distractions, make writing easy on September 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Have you heard the sarcastic references to Obama’s having written two books? Of course, it’s politics to make a negative out of what would ordinarily be a good thing, but I’m wondering if the people making the jabs believe that large numbers of voters denigrate writers and writing. I don’t know what large numbers of [...]
Do You Use the All-or-Nothing Distortion?
Posted in Smart Tips, academic, coaching, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, fears, flow, getting started, gremlin, momentum, procrastination, re-start, reasons for not writing, restart writing, self-sabotage, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged ABD, acknowledging success, all-or-nothing distortion, distorting experience, flow, procrastination, self-sabotage on September 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Even though you may have a stated intention of working on your dissertation and making steady progress, you do everything and anything to sabotage yourself. Could this be you?
If this sounds familiar, read on.
A dissertation client is having great trouble moving forward. Every week when we talk, there’s been another obstacle which has kept her [...]
Caught up in Fearing Failure, Avoiding Risks, Watching Time Slip Away?
Posted in Smart Tips, academic, coaching, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, procrastination, writing, tagged dissertation, fear, fear of failure, mental toughness, perfectionism, procrastination as protection, self-sabotage, writing on September 15, 2008 | No Comments »
A dissertation client told me that that a couple of years ago her professor suggested they plan to publish together. But the graduate student could never get herself to devote even a day to work on this project. She kept putting it off. Now she feels like it will never happen. And why would the [...]
6 Tips to Help You Stop Procrastinating and Finish Your Dissertation’s Conclusion
Posted in Smart Tips, academic, advisor, coaching, criticism, dissertation advisors, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, following through, getting started, perseverance, procrastination, re-group, re-start, regrouping, restarting, start writing, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged diplomacy in dealing with your committee, procrastinating on writing conclusion, writing conclusion to dissertation on September 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Procrastinating on finishing your dissertation’s conclusion? If so, you have company. Writing the conclusion can be a time when many people clutch.
Needing Feedback?
One reason why many dissertation writers start to slow down when they’re at this point is that they aren’t getting feedback from their advisor or mentor. If you don’t have a sense that [...]
Stop Procrastinating on Writing Your Dissertation’s Conclusion: 3 Strategies to Get You Started Sooner Rather Than Later
Posted in Smart Tips, academic, coaching, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, getting started, planning, procrastination, re-group, re-start, restart writing, restarting, setbacks, start writing, writing, writing models, writing, dissertation, tagged putting a stop to procrastinating, Smart Tips, writing dissertation's conclusion on September 2, 2008 | No Comments »
You maximized your time this summer, and you’ve moved your dissertation along. But it’s September 2? How did that happen?
If you’re teaching this fall, you have been doing a number of admin things. You’ve over-prepared for the first few classes and have a great syllabus in place. You know your lines.
But to move into your [...]
Is Email Sucking the Life Out of You and Robbing You of Writing Time?
Posted in Smart Tips, academic, boundaries, coaching, commitment, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, email, getting started, planning, productivity, start writing, writing, tagged avoiding email, emailing all day, getting started each morning, writing each morning on August 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Dissertation writers, professional writers and editors, bloggers–we all fight the good fight against email.
Seth Godin, famous marketing blogger, asks, “Do you spend your day responding and reacting to incoming all day… until the list is empty? “ He says that unlike the days when he could sort his mail in minutes the “old-fashioned way,” he [...]
How to Finish Your Dissertation: Don’t Let Complacency Sabotage You
Posted in Smart Tips, academic, coaching, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, email, gremlin, mental toughness, momentum, perseverance, procrastination, productivity, self-deception, self-sabotage, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged complacency, dissertation sabotage, fear of success, overly confident, perseverance, procrastination on August 3, 2008 | No Comments »
You’ve been working hard on your dissertation this summer, honing your process, becoming surer of your argument, and thinking about the end. And the end is definitely in sight. Yay!!
A couple of clients who have just gone through an unexpectedly bumpy patch right toward the end of their work made a suggestion to pass on. [...]
Whose Dissertation Is It?
Posted in Smart Tips, academic, advisor, coaching, discourse, dissertation advisors, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, resources, writing, writing models, tagged accepting help, commenting on writing, procrastination, revisions, rewriting, talk to your advisor on November 29, 2008 | No Comments »
An ABD student wrote to me about her advisor’s generous rewriting of the dissertation text. According to the student, the advisor doesn’t change the thought, only the language.
The ABD student recognizes that the advisor’s writing is superior to her own, Her question is if the advisor has rewritten a lot of the language of the [...]
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