You probably know it: you had planned to write, you were totally ready. You were mentally prepared….. Nothing was in the way of writing. It doesn’t work…. And still, it doesn’t work. Before you know it, all the hours you had reserved are gone and you have to do other…
Is your writing in need of a diet? It is really hard to write good texts. The reason some academic prose is so hard to read is because it is too ‘heavy’: it has too many passives, prepositions, adjectives and other complex grammar constructions. In short: it needs to lose…
Writing is probably the most important part of your PhD. Without the right texts, no papers, no articles, no thesis. The longer you spend on writing, the longer your PhD will take. It is that simple! So it is very important that you have great writing skills, to be more…
Do you have a writing addiction yet? No? Get one! Writing is really hard for most PhD students That’s why many also hate writing. To be addicted doesn’t sound healthy of course, but do realize, addictions can be good or bad. An addiction to sports, to be outside, to do…
Almost every PhD student is now and then faced by anxiety over his thesis. Will everything be OK? Will I be able to do it? I will never succeed in writing this thesis. And there are many reasons to be nervous and disheartened. Maybe you are surrounded by people who…
Exercise 1: writing is and will be hard for PhD Students. Do you prefer to procrastinate and do you have the impression that it is not a problem to leave the writing till the end of your research? Don’t! By avoiding to write you will never develop the skills you…
