Explore the secrets to establishing a sustainable writing practice that fuels academic success. Discover the critical difference between writing practices, processes, and pipelines. Hear about the transformative benefits of writing retreats in clearing backlogs. Get insights on how coaching can enhance your writing habits. Learn why consistent writing is key to moving projects forward, and find out what to expect at the upcoming Spacious Writing Retreat in July. Tune in and unlock your publishing potential!
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Writing Practice Fuels Pipeline
Your writing practice is the necessary foundation to move your publication pipeline forward.
No amount of organization or project management skills will compensate for the lack of a writing practice.
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Defining Writing Practice
Establishing an enduring writing practice is about regularly occurring writing events.
Writing sessions must be held and actually used for writing to count as practice.
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Break Projects Into Tasks
Break writing projects into small, time-estimated tasks instead of vague to-do items.
Understand your own process and time requirements to better plan and avoid frustration.
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I am back to working as the primary writing coach in our Navigate Program, and that shift has sparked some new thoughts about writing and academic writing practice.
In today's episode, I cover everything from defining the components of an enduring writing practice to the role of writing retreats in clearing out your backlog of papers. So tune in to hear new ideas on:
Defining and developing a writing practice
Why an enduring writing practice is critical for academic success
Writing practice vs. writing process vs. writing pipeline
Where coaching plays a role in developing a writing practice
Tools to unclog a backed-up publication pipeline
The importance of writing retreats
What to expect from the Spacious Writing Retreat in July
Your writing practice fuels your pipeline. No amount of pipeline mapping or project management skills will move your writing projects forward. So tune in to learn how an enduring writing practice is the key to a flourishing publication pipeline!
Our 12-week Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap® program helps tenure-track womxn and nonbinary professors to publish their backlog of papers so that their voice can have the impact they know is possible. Get on the waitlist here!
Cathy’s book, Making Time to Write: How to Resist the Patriarchy and Take Control of Your Academic Career Through Writing is available in print! Learn how to build your career around your writing practice while shattering the myths of writing every day, accountability, and motivation, doing mindset work that’s going to reshape your writing, and changing academic culture one womxn and nonbinary professor at a time. Get your print copy today or order it for a friend here!
If you would like to hear more from Cathy for free, please subscribe to the weekly newsletter, In the Pipeline, at scholarsvoice.org. It’s a newsletter that she personally writes that goes out once a week with writing and publication tips, strategies, inspiration, book reviews and more.
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