1. Increase your academic reading. reading. Learn new vocab 2. Learn by doing. #no judgment write everyday. dont wait for inspirstion; its not art, it is a craft. create new habits. get words on a page without judgement. 3. References are gift use them well. interpret it, build on knowledge. 4. Use headings heavenly. Write a heading the next thing in the is write about this heading. in a chapter 20 headings. provide a spine through your argument. 5. Explain the significance of your research clearly. 6. Learn from feedback. Take the emotion out, look at the commentary. 7. Signal originality in Phd. "My original contribution is... 8. Formal: cut contractions. remove slang. remove I think. If you can remove a word from a sentence, remove it. 9. Read your work aloud. 10. Use strong transition. Build a bridge by deep thinking to write instead of linkers. 11. Do not use a comma, if you can you use full stop. Shorten sentences. 12. Avoid repetition. Create the arch of the argument. 13. Remember you write academically for living. Do not wait for inspiration. Deliberate practice. When you got a problem, focus on it to work on it. 14. Journaling about the process of writing. one paragraph a day about your writing. 15. Use librarians. 16. Writing should be your priority. focus on improving my result. 17. Be patient
Thank you Tara, your advice is very helpful and the way you deliver these insights is very entertaining and your levity eases the struggles I confront every day as I attempt to 'transform my greatest weakness into my greatest strength'. I have big problems with structure, transitions and getting my thoughts out clearly. HOWEVER, I will persist and write a paragraph each day about my process and hopefully I will be able to craft a practice that makes my writing a pleasant experience rather than a form of penance.
Thank you very much for this vlog and for your awesome channel. I was looking for some advice to improve in writing fluidity and efficiency. I've been writing hundreds of pages to draft just one chapter, and find it really hard to develop my argument clearly. Getting back and forth between drafting and revising my thesis outline, things are progressively getting clearer and I am beginning to enjoy the writing process, but I still feel that my approach is way too time-consuming, regardless of how much time I dedicate to reading, writing and editing my draft every day. I have been told that I am too much of a perfectionist and I've tried to take this feedback into account, but I feel that I don't own my ideas until I have scrutinized each and every detail of a given topic; so either I'm really sketchy trying to get faster, and dry up; or I'm getting into too much detail trying to produce qualitative work in a way that suits me better, but that way I often get lost or end up feeling overwhelmed. I know you are super busy; yet if you ever get an opportunity to talk about this sort of issue concerning (overly) detail-oriented thinking styles, that would be amazing.
Thanks Tara for these pearls of wisdom! Qn: How much can one strech a citation? If one writes many sentences (own ideas), won't an examiner ask for citations? It seems quite challenging to put one's ideas across in PhD thesis writing while balancing the need to cite every idea. What's your opinion about this?
1. Increase your academic reading. reading. Learn new vocab
2. Learn by doing. #no judgment write everyday. dont wait for inspirstion; its not art, it is a craft. create new habits. get words on a page without judgement.
3. References are gift use them well.
interpret it, build on knowledge.
4. Use headings heavenly. Write a heading the next thing in the is write about this heading. in a chapter 20 headings. provide a spine through your argument.
5. Explain the significance of your research clearly.
6. Learn from feedback. Take the emotion out, look at the commentary.
7. Signal originality in Phd. "My original contribution is...
8. Formal: cut contractions. remove slang. remove I think. If you can remove a word from a sentence, remove it.
9. Read your work aloud.
10. Use strong transition. Build a bridge by deep thinking to write instead of linkers.
11. Do not use a comma, if you can you use full stop. Shorten sentences.
12. Avoid repetition. Create the arch of the argument.
13. Remember you write academically for living. Do not wait for inspiration. Deliberate practice. When you got a problem, focus on it to work on it.
14. Journaling about the process of writing. one paragraph a day about your writing.
15. Use librarians.
16. Writing should be your priority. focus on improving my result.
17. Be patient
So kind of you to list these for us - thanks!
I listened to you almost everyday before my PhD Defense. Its really helpful to me. Thanks Tara!!
I realized that reducing my transitions make more sense in my article revisions! Amazing thanks Tyra
Very insightful, thank you Tara. I love your enthusiasm!
Thank you Tara. Your blogs help and they are fun to watch!
Loving your blogs. My Phd would be sad without your words. Thank you Tara
Though a masters student, I use Tara's advice H.E.A.V.I.L.Y😀
Thank you Tara, your advice is very helpful and the way you deliver these insights is very entertaining and your levity eases the struggles I confront every day as I attempt to 'transform my greatest weakness into my greatest strength'. I have big problems with structure, transitions and getting my thoughts out clearly. HOWEVER, I will persist and write a paragraph each day about my process and hopefully I will be able to craft a practice that makes my writing a pleasant experience rather than a form of penance.
Thank you very much for this vlog and for your awesome channel. I was looking for some advice to improve in writing fluidity and efficiency. I've been writing hundreds of pages to draft just one chapter, and find it really hard to develop my argument clearly. Getting back and forth between drafting and revising my thesis outline, things are progressively getting clearer and I am beginning to enjoy the writing process, but I still feel that my approach is way too time-consuming, regardless of how much time I dedicate to reading, writing and editing my draft every day. I have been told that I am too much of a perfectionist and I've tried to take this feedback into account, but I feel that I don't own my ideas until I have scrutinized each and every detail of a given topic; so either I'm really sketchy trying to get faster, and dry up; or I'm getting into too much detail trying to produce qualitative work in a way that suits me better, but that way I often get lost or end up feeling overwhelmed. I know you are super busy; yet if you ever get an opportunity to talk about this sort of issue concerning (overly) detail-oriented thinking styles, that would be amazing.
Such an inspiration!
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Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, it did help me a lot.
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Good presentation
Thanks Tara for these pearls of wisdom! Qn: How much can one strech a citation? If one writes many sentences (own ideas), won't an examiner ask for citations? It seems quite challenging to put one's ideas across in PhD thesis writing while balancing the need to cite every idea. What's your opinion about this?