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Beyond accountability: co-working as support

Posted on August 23, 2023 by Jo VanEvery

When I started A Meeting With Your Writing, co-working groups for academics were practically unheard of Shut Up and Write didn’t exist yet. The most popular “accountability group” for academic writers, The Academic Ladder, didn’t include co-working. There is now a proliferation of options, both specifically for academics, and more generally. It is common to describe […]

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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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A Meeting With Your Writing: Acknowledgements

Posted on August 17, 2022 by Jo VanEvery

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of A Meeting With Your Writing, I’d like to properly and publicly thank those who helped make it happen.  I want to thank all the people who inspired me, taught me, and supported me as I developed A Meeting With Your Writing. There are others who have had […]

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10 Years of A Meeting With Your Writing!

Posted on August 17, 2022 by Jo VanEvery

 Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · 10 years of A Meeting With Your Writing! The 2nd Monday in September is the 10th anniversary of the first session of A Meeting With Your Writing! When I started it in 2012, there was one session per week at 10 a.m. Eastern on Mondays. You had to […]

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Why join the Studio in the summer?

Posted on June 30, 2021 by Jo VanEvery

You probably think of summer as the easiest time of year to focus on research and writing. You’ve probably been looking forward to it for months because of that. So why would you want to join the Studio? Some people who attend A Meeting With Your Writing regularly during the main part of the year, […]

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Introducing: The Academic Writing Studio

Posted on June 2, 2021 by Jo VanEvery

The Beginning When I started A Meeting With Your Writing back in September 2011, I didn’t even know if it would work. All I knew was that virtual accountability and community was needed, and that I was prepared to facilitate something that might help. Now, it feels central to everything I do. Participants have told […]

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Protecting time for writing: Interruptions

Posted on September 24, 2019 by Jo VanEvery

Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Protecting time for writing: Interruptions I encourage you to make writing a priority and block time so that writing becomes a regular practice, rather than something you only do when you have specific deadlines. Although I recognise that different people will work better in different places, I strongly advocate […]

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Making writing challenges like #AcWriMo work for you

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Jo VanEvery

I am writing this part way through November 2017. A few years ago Charlotte Frost and her team at PhDtoPublished got the bright idea to make an academic version of #NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and call it #AcWriMo. PhDtoPublished is geared to early career researchers and particularly those still in the late stages 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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You need a writing practice

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Jo VanEvery

Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · You Need A Writing Practice Writing is central to your scholarly work and identity. And yet, you struggle to find time and motivation to do it. I argue that it is more effective to focus on the process of writing as a whole and establish an effective writing practice that enables […]

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Early morning writing

Posted on May 17, 2017 by Jo VanEvery

The benefits of early morning writing can often seem like preachy, unattainable, eye-roll inducing positivity. But I have brought together some real examples of this life-changing process for your writing, just to give that eye-roll some evidence first… Rachael Herron has written eloquently about how crazy the idea of early morning writing sounds and how […]

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New Academic Year roundup

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

The spiral-like nature of your academic life is particularly evident at the beginning of the academic year. No matter how experienced you are, it is always a bit chaotic. It offers the possibility of doing things better, or at least differently, this year. It is easy to approach a new year with your eyes on […]

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