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Tracking “streaks” to establish & maintain habits

Posted on April 19, 2023 by Jo VanEvery

Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Tracking “streaks” to establish & maintain habits Note: Although I might provide some specific examples, what I say here applies to any habit you want to establish or maintain. That might be a work habit, like writing regularly. Or it might be self-care habits, like not working on weekends, […]

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The power of 15 minutes a day

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Jo VanEvery

This is an excerpt from Finding Time for your Scholarly Writing (A Short Guide) which was published in late March 2018. In the Short Guide, I expand on the concept of 3 types of writing time. This excerpt is from the chapter on how “Short Snatches” of time can help keep your motivation going. One of […]

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Accountability vs Community

Posted on August 29, 2017 by Jo VanEvery

I’ve been reading Rowena Murray‘s Writing in Social Spaces, and it has helped me articulate something that underpins a lot of my work. Community is important to your ability to do this work. This got long, if what you really want are suggestions for creating writing community, jump here. When I talk about A Meeting […]

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Using all 3 types of writing time

Posted on August 23, 2017 by Jo VanEvery

Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Using all 3 types of writing time Finding and protecting time for writing, especially during the parts of the year when you are teaching, is difficult. It may be helpful to consider the different kinds of time available. Writing, as far as I’m concerned, encompasses anything that moves your […]

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Coming back to a neglected project

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Jo VanEvery

In any given session of A Meeting With Your Writing it is not uncommon for someone to be coming back to a project they haven’t looked at in a while. Summer and sabbatical are also times when you might revisit abandoned projects with a view to getting some of them finished. You don’t need to […]

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Writing is NOT a reward for getting your grading done

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Jo VanEvery

Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Writing is not a reward for getting your grading done Grading is dispiriting at the best of times. There is too much of it to do, to a very tight deadline. And despite the occasional brilliant paper or clear demonstration that students are getting it, there are too many […]

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Developing A New Practice: One Year Later

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Jo VanEvery Leave a Comment

I’ve been preaching the value of establishing a regular writing practice. If you are writing regularly, you will produce journal articles, books, and whatever else you need to produce. Establishing a regular practice is hard, but research shows that as little as 15 minutes per day can be effective. You can find 15 minutes. I’ve […]

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Finding your way back to writing

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Jo VanEvery Leave a Comment

I had a query via the contact form on my website that said, in response to the prompt “What’s on your mind?”, not much, need help to figure out! If that isn’t the tip of an iceberg I don’t know what is. Both for the person who sent the email and in the sense that […]

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The benefits of working small

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Jo VanEvery Leave a Comment

In another post, I asked: “How could you experiment with working in a relaxed state?” — Is working at or just beyond your limits really effective? I proposed that the ways in which my yoga teacher has been encouraging us to work within the comfortable range of movement and not stretch our muscles to their limits, […]

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Developing A New Practice: An Update

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Jo VanEvery 2 Comments

In my Planning Classes, I talk about how you learn to juggle by tossing one beanbag from one hand to the other. Your goal is form and consistency. Once you have that, you can add more beanbags, change from beanbags to something else, and do something that looks much more like juggling. You can’t juggle […]

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How much writing can you do in term time?

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Jo VanEvery Leave a Comment

When I say “You can write during term time”, I don’t mean you can write for an hour or more a day. A privileged few have the teaching and service load that makes that possible. Most people would find that a challenge. Similarly blocking off a whole day every week for research/writing is challenging for […]

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Developing A New Practice: How I Do It

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Jo VanEvery Leave a Comment

You are probably worried about being able to write high quality academic prose, to get it published, to write and publish enough of it, and so on. You may look at my advice to write for 15 minutes a day and think that is never going to help you with that. What useful writing can […]

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