Turbocharge your writing
Date and time
Location
Engineering lecture theatre 439 (401-439)
20 Symonds Street City Campus The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010 New ZealandDescription
The School of Graduate Studies has secured internationally-renowned speaker, educator and researcher Hugh Kearns to present two invaluable workshops specifically for those studying at doctoral level. We offer these completely free of charge to all current University of Auckland research students.
Turbocharge your writing
Are you a doctoral candidate who wants to know the secret to high output, low stress academic writing?
It is often assumed that academic writing comes naturally. However, an overwhelming body of research shows that there are very clear and practical strategies that can greatly increase your writing productivity.
This workshop will help you understand:
- why it's hard to get started
- how we deliberately use distractions to slow down writing
- the principles of quick starting
- how to deal with destructive internal beliefs
- how to set a writing plan and stick to it
- how to set achievable goals by writing in a silo
- how to greatly increase the number of actual words you produce
- how to clarify your thinking, and improve the quality of your work
Who is this workshop for?
The content of this workshop will be particularly useful to doctoral candidates who have passed their provisional year, but we stongly encourage all current doctoral candidates to register and take advantage of this valuable opportunity.