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What Bold Step Would You Take to Gain 2 Good Writing Days?
One of my amazing dissertation clients had had a few bad writing days. She emailed me, saying, “I tried every strategy I could think of,” but she kept meeting a “deep physical resistance.” She...
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Bold! Risky! Finishing Her Dissertation! Is This You?
“Bold Surgery Saves a Life” . . . “A New Face: A Bold Surgeon, an Untried Surgery” . . . These headlines grabbed my eye today. They reminded me of my client who, since she was really stuck in her...
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Boot Camp for Writers Will Motivate You and Boost Your Productivity
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...
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Breaking the all-or-nothing mentality
You’re frustrated that it is taking so much time to get to the dissertation finish line. Do you minimize your efforts and withhold any sense of accomplishment for the work you’ve done to get this far?...
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Writers and Spring Break–Sail on, Silver Girl
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....
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Mom’s in Maine – Marking Boundaries for Space to Write
Are your children home on vacation from school? And you’re trying to keep an eye on your children, as well as make headway on your writing project? How’s that working for you? During the school year,...
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How Can a Dissertation Boot Camp Be like Flying?
Do you think if only I had nothing to distract me, nothing else to do but write, no choice but to write… then I’d write? How about flying somewhere? Whenever a dissertation coaching client tells me...
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Shifting into Summer Writing — Where Will You Write? And What about the Kids?
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...
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If you are reading this blog, then it is time to write
Happy June! It’s summer here in the Northern hemisphere. For academics, professors on sabbatical, and moms juggling the demands of a fulltime job with a dissertation, summer roars in, knocking over...
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How to Make the Most of the Time Left This Summer; or, The Best Is Yet to Come
At this point in the summer, writers face a decision. How will you make the most of the time left this summer? And what happens when you ask yourself that question? Do you check your calendar and start...
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