Writing Workshop: List of Posts

[Note: Most of the material from these writing workshop blog posts, plus a lot more never-blogged material, is now available in my book, The Writing Workshop: Write More, Write Better, Be Happier in Academia.]

This is a list of the blog posts for the Writing Workshop series. Click on the title to go to any post. 

• Materials for Writing Group Leaders

          Everything you need to organize your own workshop.

• Introduction 

          Why have a writing workshop?

• The IDP (Individual Development Plan)

          A rough work plan for the next one to five years.

•  The Term Plan

          Week-by-week goals for the rest of this semester or quarter.

• The Weekly Plan 

          Day-by-day goals that you make every week.

•  Resistance

           When you're finding it hard to write.

• Define Your Research Question

          Learn to explain about your research question to experts and non-experts.

• The Literature  Review

          Before you do new research, you have to know what's already been done.

• The Emipirical Article

          Featuring IMRaD, the friendly hourglass.

• The Grant or Fellowship Proposal

          Think of yourself as a design-build contractor.

• The Talk or Poster

         How to give a good talk or conference poster. 

• Choose Good Words

          How to replace fancy words with plain ones and unpack the technical terms that trip readers up.

• Omit Needless Words

          Unclutter your draft, and resist the urge to hide behind hedges.