Do you ever find that you open your work-in-progress document and keep reading back over what you wrote in the last session? Perfecting every sentence and making sure the flow is just right? I’ve been there, done that, and got the T-shirt. I’d win the prize for perfect prose every time, but it’d take me an age to getContinue reading “Why you should stop proofreading your work right now! (Or why thinking, writing, editing, and proofreading should be four separate steps.)”
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What motherhood taught me about writing
Should I tell my PhD supervisor I’m trying to get pregnant? This question – posted anonymously on Twitter recently by a third-year PhD student – really got me thinking about my own PhD journey. I had my first baby in my second year of my PhD and my second two years later, but it wasn’t inContinue reading “What motherhood taught me about writing”
Detox your to-do list
Who doesn’t love the feeling of ticking things off the ‘to-do’ list? Get the kids to school. Tick. Hang the washing up. Tick. Answer emails. Tick. Ring the library. Tick. Write the article. This one will probably go on tomorrow’s ‘to do’ list. Sound familiar? The truth is that long ‘to-do’ lists don’t necessarily getContinue reading “Detox your to-do list”