Getting the Writing Done.
Time Management for Academic Writers
Besides writing dissertations, grant applications, articles, and conference papers, doctoral candidates have to manage different obligations and activities simultaneously: research, teaching, administrative work, conferences, obligations to family and friends, and leisure activities. For many reasons, they can have trouble getting their writing done. Writing often does not get the attention and time it deserves and needs, which can lead to postponed deadlines.
In this workshop, participants will reflect on their writing habits and learn strategies to improve them. The goal is that the participants will be able to create their own writing schedule and get their writing done on time. In the long run, they should become researchers who can manage their time for their various obligations, without neglecting their writing.
Learning outcomes
- Participants will understand more about their writing habits and how to improve them.
- They will know how to create and maintain a writing schedule.
- They will be able to recognize and deal with challenges caused by their environment and themselves.
Christian Wymann is an independent writing coach (www.myw.schreibcoach.ch) and works as the writing coach at the University Library Bern. He studied Social Anthropology at the University of Bern and did his PhD in Sociology at Copenhagen Business School. He completed a Certificate of Advanced Studies course on writing coaching at the ZHAW. He has published a book on time management for academic writers ("Der Schreibzeitplan" Verlag Barbara Budrich/UTB, 2015) and one on writing myths ("Schreibmythen entzaubern", VBB/UTB, 2016). He also writes a blog on academic writing: http://mindyourwriting.wordpress.com/
