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…
A couple of weeks ago I had a meeting with my coach, Bernadette. She helps me to improve my work, which is supporting PhD students like you to successfully finish their thesis in time. By meeting Bernadette it dawned on me again how important it is to have a coach.…
Steven Posusta – who taught writing at UCLA – has created the formula ‘The Instant Thesis Maker’, as part of a writing course. This is the formula. 1. Although…. (general statement, opposite opinion) 2. nevertheless…. (thesis, your idea) 3. because…. (examples, evidence, #1, #2, #3 etc.) When…
There is a really big mistake that PhD students make while working on their thesis. One that causes you to become exhausted and more stressed. And that mistake is maybe not so obvious but has a lot of impacts. What is it? STOP IN TIME I know that getting started…
A while ago my colleague Daan Andriessen brought the ‘Swales three move model for introductions’ to my attention. Very practical, because a well-written introduction can help you in producing a well-written article. Therefore I would like to introduce you to the ‘3 moves’, this is the version of James Luberda.…
There are days that your writing just doesn’t work out. Everything seems to distract you. Everything seems better than writing. One you have one of those days, there is help. Quite drastic help, I must admit, but still. For some of you it might be a solution. What am I…
