What inspires you to action? What inspires you to believe? Are you inspired by random quotations? Does the unfamiliar or even familiar quotation give you the evidence you need to trust a writer? Or does it cause you to wonder? Successful writers know that a quotation doesn’t speak for itself. If you’re using a [...]
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Be inspired to write
Posted in brave, courage, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, mental toughness, motivation, tagged bravery, courage to write, dissertation coaching, dissertation writing, inspired to write, motivation to write dissertation, Special Olympics, using quotations, writing on April 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Found Time—Use it or lose it
Posted in choice, coaching, commitment, dissertation writing, hope, take stock, time, time management, writing schedule, tagged dissertation coaching, finding time to write, schedule writing, time management, writing on March 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Recently a dissertation coaching client said she had made a choice which would give her more time. That choice reminded me of Found Money. You know what Found Money is, right? Here’s an example: I bought a pack of those special money envelopes that are in the card racks [...]
Writers Taking it to the Rim
Posted in academic, basketball, determination, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, mental toughness, perseverance, student athletes, tagged basketball, dissertation coaching, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, writing on March 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is the season when many Americans go crazy over their favorite college’s standing in the national basketball tournament, and my family is no exception. As of this afternoon, we’re represented variously by the teams from three schools. Our schools have made it to the Sweet 16. Or at least the teams did. I watch [...]
On-campus Dissertation Boot Camps offer ABD’s a Toe-Hold
Posted in academic, accountability, boot camp, dissertation boot camp, dissertation coach, getting started, re-group, re-start, resources, write more easily, tagged dissertation boot camp, dissertation coaching, distraction, solitude, Spring Break, writer’s group, writer’s retreat, writing on March 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Doctoral students who have finished their course work, but not their dissertation have been given the inglorious tag of “All But Dissertation.” Although many doctoral students proudly add “ABD” to their signature, what those three letters signify is that more work needs to be done. For many writers of dissertations, the process drags on and [...]
Writers and Spring Break–Sail on, Silver Girl
Posted in academic, accountability, boot camp, boundaries, commitment, dissertation boot camp, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, finishing the dissertation, momentum, productivity, start writing, strategies, structures, success, time management, write more easily, writing schedule, tagged discipline, dissertation boot camp, dissertation coach, dissertation coaching, self-care, solitude, Spring Break, structure, thesis, use fail-proof writing strategies, Weight Watchers, writer’s retreat, writing on March 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Are you one of the lucky ones with Spring Break in the offing? Have you been thinking and hoping and waiting for Spring Break? Finally, you say, I’ll make some headway on my dissertation or book. Visualize how it will work when you have none of the usual demands that take your time and distract you [...]
Release those endorphins and write
Posted in coaching, creativity, dissertation coach, exercise, happiness, motivation, running, self-care, Smart Tips, tagged an exercise high, connection between exercise and writing, creativity, dissertation coaching, endorphins, good mood and writing, mind and body, motivation to write dissertation, writing on February 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
“The idea for this post hit me today when I was at the gym, sweating profusely,” writes Larry Brooks in a blog post called “Blood, Sweat and Words: How Badly Do You Want This?” As I read his guest post on the blog “Write To Done,” I was reminded once again with how often we [...]
Time for Your Dissertation: Sometimes Less Is More
Posted in academic, coaching, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, focus, getting started, time, time management, Uncategorized, write more easily, writing habit, tagged dissertation coaching, Free-writing, less is more, making use of your time, Write First Thing on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Another convert to “Write First Thing”–hurray! One of my coaching clients said that he tried the method of getting up half an hour earlier than usual and working first-thing on some dissertation free-writing. He said it worked great for him. He got a lot of work done, not in those half-hours per se, but in [...]
Writing a Dissertation? Don’t Try This at Home
Posted in discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, getting started, perseverance, planning, productivity, self-sabotage, start writing, strategies, tagged dissertation coaching, make deals with yourself, self-sabotage, write first before getting comfortable, write first each morning, writing the dissertation at home on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Now that Halloween is over, it hasn’t taken long for me to eat all of the left-over chocolate-covered raisins that the trick-or-treaters rejected in favor of Snickers. Having all of these tidy little packages of candy in my house once again reminds me of the dangers of home. It’s just tempting fate to stay [...]
Writing the Dissertation: Learning how to do something you didn’t know how to do, Part 3
Posted in academic, discourse, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, higher education, practice writing, Smart Tips, teaching writing, trusting yourself, write more easily, writing, tagged composition class, dissertation coaching, Learning how to do something you didn’t know how to do, learning to write a dissertation, learning to write an argument, rhetorical conventions, teaching yourself to write, writing instruction on October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m curious how you learned the conventions you are to use, the voice you should use, the way to argue within your field, or, if you’re learning as you go, now, as you write your dissertation. If you were at a U.S. university as an undergraduate, you may not have been writing exclusively in your [...]
Writing the Dissertation: Learning how to do something you didn’t know how to do, Part 1
Posted in academic, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, fears, higher education, memories, practice writing, teaching writing, underprepared students, using your strengths, write more easily, writing, tagged composition class, dissertation coaching, Learning how to do something you didn’t know how to do, learning to write a dissertation, learning to write an argument, rhetorical conventions, teaching yourself to write, writing instruction on September 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When and how do we acquire the skills, voice, critical perspectives, and confidence needed for successful writing? Specifically to write successfully a dissertation and, for that matter, the book that follows the dissertation? Years ago as a first-year college student, I tested out of composition class, but all students at my university were required to [...]
