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Turbocharge your Publication or Thesis Workshop

February 2, 2017 @ February 2, 2017 - February 2, 2017

Dr Maria Gardiner from iThinkwell will be presenting a workshop titled ‘Turbocharge your Publication or Thesis Workshop’ at the Lismore campus on Thursday 2 February.  This workshop is open to all our researchers including HDR students.  Further information on this workshop is provided below.  Anyone interested should register via the link on our research development webpage.

Turbocharge Your Publications or Thesis

Would you like to know the secret to high output, high quality, scholarly writing? In academia, because writing is such a big part of what you do, it is often assumed that it comes naturally. However, for most academics, it can be a hit and miss activity, with some days (weeks or even months!) being hard to get started. And when you do get started you might sit there for hours and not produce many words. Finally, when the words are on the page, you may wonder why you bothered since what you have written isn’t very good.

This workshop draws on the overwhelming body of research (and experience with thousands of writers). This research shows that there are very clear and practical evidence-based strategies that can greatly increase your writing quality and quantity. Key aspects of this workshop have featured in the journal Nature.

This workshop will help you to understand:

  • why it can be hard to get started
  • how we deliberately use distractions to slow down writing
  • the principles of quick starting
  • why snack writing is generally more productive than binge writing
  • how to deal with the internal committee that slows down writing
  • how to set achievable goals by writing in a silo
  • how to greatly double (or more) the number of actual words you produce
  • how to clarify your thinking and improve the quality of your work

 

 

Who is it for: Researchers and research students

Length: 3 hours

Maximum number: 30

Book: The companion book to this workshop is Turbocharge Your Writing

Details

Date:
February 2, 2017
Time:
February 2, 2017
Website:
http://scu.edu.au/research/index.php/159

Venue

Southern Cross University, Lismore Campus, Room Y2.12
Lismore, NSW 2480 Australia + Google Map
Phone:
02 6626 9361

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