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When I’m in line at the grocery, I read the latest celeb magazines.  If there’s an article about Tiger Woods, I’ll read about his wife and his yacht and, of course, his relationship with his father, but I’ve never been interested enough to take the time to see what are golf’s and Tiger Woods’s hold [...]

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Get up early, no matter how much you think you think you need sleep, and write.
Writing a dissertation takes single-mindedness.  It takes mental focus.  It works best when you feel calm, when anxiety is low, stress is low, and you feel little or no ambivalence.
And how often do you feel this way?
Do you waste time [...]

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Have you turned up the heat on your dissertation now that summer is here?  Is your summer writing starting to take off yet? What are you using as an incentive?
One of my clients has a new powerful incentive—one that she says has given her a sense of purpose about finishing her dissertation.
Let me tell you [...]

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If you’re like me, you don’t have uninterrupted time for writing.
Maybe you work full time in a demanding job or work two demanding part-time jobs or you take care of your children.
And when you get to the point when you do have time to write, you’re exhausted.  Just brain dead.
And that, of course, is the [...]

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When you’re going nowhere fast on your dissertation, it’s time to try something different.
In a blog post a few months ago I asked what bold action you would take for the sake of your writing (“What Bold Step Would You Take to Gain 2 Good Writing Days?”).  In today’s blog I want to share with [...]

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When my writing starts to come together, I am relieved, but I’m also anxious about what comes next. 
My first response to those feelings of relief and a fluttering of anxiety almost always is to flee and to eat. 
Be grateful if you don’t feel these urges.  Or pat yourself on the back if once you would [...]

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Feeling anxious is no picnic, but it’s pretty common among writers.
When I’ve been struggling with my writing and finally feel that the fog may be starting to lift, here’s what comes up for me:
1. I feel relief.
2. And I feel anxious.
I feel relief because once again I’ve made it through.  And getting to that point [...]

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