Have you heard of a “showrunner”? Writers in the TV industry are now expected also to manage—or to have the skills and strengths that would allow them to manage. According to John Wells, Writers Guild of America West president and writer/producer of E.R., Third Watch, and West Wing, it is virtually impossible to be just a writer [...]
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Delivering the Dissertation: Dissertation Writer as Showrunner
Posted in acting as if, coaching, deadline, discipline, dissertation advisors, dissertation boot camp, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, finishing the dissertation, following through, goals, mental toughness, motivation, perseverance, planning, self-discipline, showing up, structures, take charge, time, time management, top strengths, using your strengths, writing schedule, tagged dissertation writer, leadership, organize, plan, project manager, schedule, showrunner, time management, use your strengths on August 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Take a Break: 4 Tips to Make Reentry Less Bumpy
Posted in dissertation advisors, dissertation boot camp, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, getting started, goals, Happier, happiness, joy, life, planning, procrastination, re-group, re-start, resilience, restart writing, restarting, self-care, self-sabotage, time management, write more easily, writing breaks, writing schedule, writing, dissertation, tagged break from writing, down time from writing, life balance, limit breaks, make plans for restarting, r and r, reentry, return from a break, vacation, write restart time on calendar on July 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
You’ve made a big deadline? Hurray for you! If you’ve sent off a revised draft of a chapter or major chunk of your dissertation to your advisor or you’ve finished multiple revisions of an article and sent it off to a journal, pat yourself on the back, think about what comes next…. And then take [...]
Be Inspired: Execute a Smoking-Hot Dissertation Boot Camp
Posted in acting as if, boot camp, coaching, commitment, courage, determination, discipline, dissertation boot camp, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, focus, goals, mental toughness, motivation, perseverance, showing up, using your strengths, tagged being in the zone, focusing, inspired by Winter Olympics, smoking-hot and smoking-fast athletes, smoking-hot Dissertation Boot Camp on February 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
How inspired are you by watching the Winter Olympics? What a thrill to see the moguls skiers come down the slope so fast it seems as if the screen must be on fast-forward. Smoking fast, the commentator says. We figured, without hearing the commentator say it, that these skiers are “on the edge of out of [...]
What do I need in order to be a successful writer?
Posted in academic, advisor, beliefs, boundaries, courage, determination, discipline, dissertation advisors, dissertation boot camp, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, finishing the dissertation, goals, Happier, happiness, mental toughness, perseverance, positive psychology, realistic goals, self-sabotage, strategies, top strengths, using your strengths, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged boldness, character strengths, invest in hiring a dissertation coach, optimism, perseverance, successful writing on January 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If your goal is to finish your dissertation during this new year of 2010, be bold, be optimistic, and persevere. Positive psychologists for several years have said that the strengths most important for happiness are curiosity, optimism, gratitude, zest, and loving and being loved. My experience as a dissertation and writing coach tells me that [...]
7 Tips to Increase Writing Productivity Before the Holidays
Posted in academic, accountability, anxiety, boundaries, coaching, commitment, deadline, demands, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, getting started, goals, planning, productivity, realistic goals, showing up, start writing, time management, writing breaks, tagged hiring a dissertation coach, meeting a deadline, taking responsibility for your writing, writing productivity on December 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Trying to finish a dissertation draft or an article or a chunk of writing before the holidays? Also trying to keep on top of your daily job or finish your grading? And don’t even mention that you have kids. Did you mention that you’re sleep-challenged? And struggling with the real need to eat sweets just [...]
5 Tips on How to Have Your Dissertation Over and Done With, Even if You’re Teaching
Posted in academic, boundaries, demands, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, finishing the dissertation, goals, perseverance, planning, positive psychology, productivity, reflection, strategies, structures, take charge, take stock, travel, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged dissertation coach, find ideas for writing while teaching, finish your dissertation, grateful to be teaching, make writing the priority, say no to extra work on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Does the end of August mean the start of a school year for you? Are you teaching this coming term? My clients who are returning to teaching this fall are determined to learn from their past mistakes and also to build on their successes. It’s great to hear their optimism as they plan for a [...]
To Produce Writing, Toughen Your Resolve and Reign in Your Curiosity
Posted in academic, coaching, curiosity, deadline, determination, discipline, dissertation boot camp, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, focus, goals, mental toughness, perseverance, productivity, research, take charge, top strengths, using your strengths, writing, tagged curiosity, derail writing, love of learning, meet deadline, mental toughness takes strategic planning, produce text, signature strengths on July 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Writers, particularly dissertators, often share the character strengths of curiosity and love of learning. Do you have both of those strengths? If you’re writing a dissertation, I’ll bet you do. Many of my clients possess those two powerful strengths (I ask all of my coaching clients to take the VIA Signature Strengths Questionnaire at www.authentichappiness.com,). [...]
To Meet Your Summer Dissertation Goals, Follow These 7 Steps
Posted in academic, coaching, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, getting started, goals, motivation, planning, realistic goals, restart writing, time, time management, writing, tagged adjust schedule, backward planning, dissertation goals, Fourth of July, lower expectations, make goals visible, summer half gone, summer writing, wasted time, write goals on a whiteboard on June 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Are you feeling dazed because you just realized that summer is half gone? How can it be almost July? Have you said that, too? If your goal had been to produce a big chunk of text during this summer (as it is here in the US), you might want to turn on your computer and [...]
“We are what we repeatedly do”: Are You a Writer or . . . . Something Else?
Posted in academic, acting as if, advisor, coaching, commitment, determination, discipline, dissertation advisors, dissertation boot camp, dissertation writing, following through, getting started, goals, inertia, perseverance, procrastination, re-start, research, restart writing, Smart Tips, structures, writing, dissertation, tagged daily routines, get started writing, habit, practice, repeat, write daily on April 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” —Aristotle How are you doing with building your writing habit? Are you writing your dissertation? It’s easy to play around on email or to read and even respond to blogs, but sitting down and starting a writing session is hard. [...]
