Writing Nudge

Writing the dissertation (thesis) I: Structure, timing and content raulpacheco.org/2020/02/writin…

Great #sciwritingtips post👇🏼for those of us that do #medicalwriting and #scicomm. @BaconEditing also inserts the 🔑 reminder to check the journal’s instruction for authors. #manuscript #AcWri #healthcommunication #writingcommunity

Don’t perish! A step by step guide to writing a scientific paper youtu.be/LUmf7vEFxYI

This is very good from @beprolifiko — 5 tips on staying focused on your #writing keeping in turbulent times including this distraction plan buff.ly/2R2ipgT

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To all those losing the motivation to write your paper, your PhD book, or simply to keep working…This is from one of my favorite books @recipesforselflove (IG) from Alison Rachel. Full of wisdom! #Mondaymotivation #acwri #PhDchat #academicchatter Ifocusandwrite.com

📢 A2P #COVID19 Quarantine – #OpenScience sprint We are inviting you for a virtual collaborative writing sprint around Scholarly Communication and soft skills development for researchers. The agenda is accessibly at board.net/p/A2P_COVID19-…

The problem with tweeting maths jokes is that anything about calculus is considered derivative, trigonometry jokes are too graphic (😱), algebra jokes are formulaic, and arithmetic jokes are just basic. We try the occasional statistics joke, but it's an outlier

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Another day and you still don’t feel like writing? Follow Burrow’s advice [amzn.to/2Pdxo6S] and create a list of short low-cognitive load tasks that prompt you to write even[ when you don’t want to. E.g. tidy desk, create task list, file notes, etc. #WritingNudge #Tips

Don’t feel like writing today? Everyone suffers from a lack of motivation at times. Don’t beat yourself up, just remind yourself that you are a hard-working student who needs a break today. #WritingNudge #Tips

Cool summary of writing tips! Do you have any other writing tips that have helped you in achieving the perfect sentence?

Keep getting distracted? Get an app like ToDoist [bit.ly/2HG8rNc] and use it to create a list of all the random and more exciting thoughts for other things that you could be doing as they pop into your head so that you can respond to them later. #WritingNudge #Tips

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Need to focus? Don’t play music with lyrics! According to a study by Shih et al. [bit.ly/2PeME3i] songs with lyrics are likely to reduce worker attention and performance. #WritingNudge #Tips

Believe in yourself. Stop comparing yourself to other people, there will always be people who are better or worse at things than you. Be clear about what you want for your life and keep telling yourself that “I can” #WritingNudge #Tips

Always aiming for perfection but blowing deadlines & missing out on opportunities. Kerry Goyette, 6 Habits That Hurt Your Career [bit.ly/39KzjYz], suggests trying small experiments to relax your standards slightly & see what happens. Are your worst fears realised?

Feeling tired or in need of a nap but need to write? Try waking yourself up by drinking a large glass of water, making a cup of tea, playing some loud music or taking a shower. #WritingNudge #Tips