Feeling stuck? Feeling as if your well has gone dry? What’s a writer to do? At such times when nothing seems to be coming together for you in your writing and when you feel more resistance toward your dissertation than usual, what can you do to stir things up a bit and to start writing? [...]
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Start Writing by Lowering the Stakes
Posted in anxiety, coaching, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, exercise, fun, getting started, momentum, play, re-group, re-start, resources, restart writing, restarting, start writing, strategies, struggling, write more easily, tagged 750words.com, exercise, improve your mood, lower resistance to writing, restart your writing, to write lower the stakes on June 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Boot Camp for Writers Will Motivate You and Boost Your Productivity
Posted in academic, accountability, coaching, dissertation boot camp, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, momentum, motivation, productivity, writing, writing habit, tagged Boot Camp for Writers, dissertation boot camp, writers' retreat, writing habit, writing routine on December 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What do you envision that would help you produce more text and jumpstart your motivation? What about creating your own writer’s retreat? Consider how a Boot Camp for Writers would get you back on track with your dissertation or your book or article and give a huge boost to your productivity. If you have been [...]
Use Humor to Re-group and Start Your Dissertation Writing Session: Practice Resiliency
Posted in coaching, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, flow, getting started, laugh, momentum, re-group, re-start, regrouping, resilience, restart writing, restarting, self-sabotage, start writing, using your strengths, write more easily, tagged dissertation, dissertation coach, keep the writing going, keep your perspective, playfully firm self-discipline, practice resiliency, re-starting dissertation writing, Resiliency, self-sabotage, sense of humor, writing on October 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How was your writing today? You couldn’t get a flow going today during your writing session? Some writing sessions are like that–you start off more slowly, maybe because you’re tired, it’s the end of the week, or maybe because you didn’t prime the pump, didn’t try to induce a good mood, or didn’t practice resiliency [...]
Find Motivation and Structure for Writing Your Dissertation in Dissertation Boot Camp
Posted in academic, boundaries, coaching, dissertation boot camp, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, momentum, motivation, productivity, self-care on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Experiencing a dissertation boot camp makes great sense. A dissertation coaching client gave an enthusiastic review of her dissertation boot camp. Not only was she productive, but she also gained new insights about the process of writing a dissertation. She noted many accomplishments from dissertation boot camp, such as: 1. Drawing boundaries around the time [...]
Dissertation Boot Camp and Self-Improvement Gurus—Using the Power of Habit in the New Year
Posted in academic, accountability, coaching, decluttering, determination, discipline, dissertation boot camp, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, following through, getting started, mental toughness, momentum, motivation, perseverance, planning, re-start, restart writing, start writing, take charge, take stock, tagged dissertation boot camp, good writing habits, power of habit, what I want more of in 2009 on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What do you want more of in 2009? Greater productivity in your writing? Much more motivation to help you start writing your dissertation? How about Perseverance? Or physical endurance? Are you ready to launch your 2009 Self-Improvement Package? How about joining a Dissertation Boot Camp? From Oprah to gyms to decluttering gurus, we’re being given [...]
Make Getting Started on Your Writing Easier: Top 5 Reasons to Develop a No-Kidding, No-Fooling Daily Writing Habit
Posted in accountability, commitment, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, getting started, isolated, isolation, mental toughness, momentum, procrastination, research, self-deception, self-sabotage, Smart Tips, take charge, time management, tagged develop a writing habit, dissertation boot camp, fighting internal battles, replace distraction, replace self-deception, write daily on dissertation on December 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
What if writing each day on your dissertation was a habit? What would you gain from that? Do you know the power of habit? Here are the top 5 reasons for developing a solid, robust, no-kidding daily writing habit: 1. You would not lose time and energy fighting the internal battles of whether you would [...]
Do You Use the All-or-Nothing Distortion?
Posted in academic, coaching, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, fears, flow, getting started, gremlin, momentum, perfectionism, procrastination, re-start, reasons for not writing, restart writing, self-sabotage, Smart Tips, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged ABD, acknowledging success, all-or-nothing distortion, distorting experience, flow, perfectionism, procrastination, self-sabotage on September 21, 2008 | 3 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 [...]
