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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 14:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to my clients and readers who are receiving advanced degrees.  I hope your commencement will be a happy and memorable day for you and your family to celebrate your hard work and your accomplishments. All the best to you! Nancy Nancy Whichard, Ph.D. Your International Dissertation Coach and Academic Career Coach http://www.nancywhichard.com nancy @ [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=successfulwritingtips.com&#038;blog=1220450&#038;post=2399&#038;subd=successfulwritingtips&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What else is important to you as you write your dissertation?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A dissertation client said recently that he has been dealing with a lack of focus and low motivation. In addition to writing a dissertation, he also teaches. Sensing fatigue, I asked what the last few months had been like for him. He paused and said, “There have been a lot of outside influences.” He has [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=successfulwritingtips.com&#038;blog=1220450&#038;post=2386&#038;subd=successfulwritingtips&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Plan to Write—Start with the Basics</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Whichard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I find it interesting how determined most of us are to derail ourselves in big and small ways. We can put a lot of effort into avoiding focusing on a dissertation. How about you? Perhaps you have developed a terrific plan and writing routine, just as has one of my dissertation clients.   If not, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=successfulwritingtips.com&#038;blog=1220450&#038;post=2373&#038;subd=successfulwritingtips&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hate to Edit? Why Make Big Problems Out of Little Problems?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Whichard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When my two kids were little, they loved the book Big Dog, Little Dog, A Bedtime Story. In the book, Fred and Ted, two friends, who are both dogs, deal with all sorts of small dilemmas. Fred is tall, and Ted is short. Fred’s bed is too short for him. What to do?  Change beds [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=successfulwritingtips.com&#038;blog=1220450&#038;post=2367&#038;subd=successfulwritingtips&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Your Starting Block for Writing—The If-Then Plan</title>
		<link>http://successfulwritingtips.com/2012/08/19/your-starting-block-for-writing-the-if-then-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 03:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Whichard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter how serious your intention is to write, you need a plan.  And you need a plan that is automatic, clear-cut, and smooth. You need a way to swiftly move into your work without the hesitation and resistance that can throw you off track. You need a plan that works like the starting block [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=successfulwritingtips.com&#038;blog=1220450&#038;post=2363&#038;subd=successfulwritingtips&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Big, Gold Goals and the Daily Writing Routine</title>
		<link>http://successfulwritingtips.com/2012/08/06/big-gold-goals-and-the-daily-writing-routine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 02:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Whichard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When an Olympian athlete wins a gold medal, there’s little doubt that the athlete was driven by a big dream and bold action. Gabby Douglas To win a gold medal in the women&#8217;s gymnastics all-around,  Gabby Douglas, as a fourteen-year-old,  bravely left Virginia Beach, VA and traveled about 1,200 miles to West Des Moines, IA [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=successfulwritingtips.com&#038;blog=1220450&#038;post=2347&#038;subd=successfulwritingtips&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shifting into Summer Writing — Where Will You Write? And What about the Kids?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 09:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Whichard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like Christmas/New Year’s/Spring Break, summer makes all things seem possible, especially if your goal is to produce as much text as you can on your dissertation or other writing projects. For many of my clients who live in the Northern Hemisphere, this is the time of year when they are shifting into summer schedule with [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=successfulwritingtips.com&#038;blog=1220450&#038;post=2335&#038;subd=successfulwritingtips&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Many Thanks to Dr. Tracy Steen, Editor of the All But Dissertation Survival Guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 03:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Tracy Steen has been editor of the All But Dissertation Survival Guide for several years, but has decided to step down. She is an eminent, ground-breaking positive psychologist with a psychotherapy practice, and she is also a coach. As editor of the ABDSG, she applied her knowledge and experience as a positive psychologist to the subject [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=successfulwritingtips.com&#038;blog=1220450&#038;post=2297&#038;subd=successfulwritingtips&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Meet Your Writing Goals</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Whichard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not too long ago, when my adult son mentioned how busy his work and life have become,  my husband was reminded of an annual planning session he had attended at which a facilitator presented a workshop on how to organize your time.  As my husband drew a diagram from that workshop, I realized that he [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=successfulwritingtips.com&#038;blog=1220450&#038;post=2281&#038;subd=successfulwritingtips&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The To-Do List, Your Dissertation, and Intervals</title>
		<link>http://successfulwritingtips.com/2012/04/04/the-to-do-list-your-dissertation-and-intervals-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Whichard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is there too much to do?  Are you not getting enough done? Do you jump from task to task on your to-do list but never seem to make progress on your main writing goals? Is your dissertation still on your to-do list? As a client said to me, “Which end of the tube am I squeezing?” [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=successfulwritingtips.com&#038;blog=1220450&#038;post=2264&#038;subd=successfulwritingtips&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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