100 Mistakes Academic Writers Make...and How to Fix Them

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If you’re a professor or scholar who struggles with writing productivity, who never seems to have enough time to meet deadlines, who’s weighed down with stress and uncertainty with every new writing project, welcome! The good news is that you’re not alone

Stephanie Dunson


    • Oct 4, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    Episode 11: Reading What You‘ve Written Too Often (plus Writing Bookmarks)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2021 12:27


    In spite of setting aside ample time to write, do you find that you're not as productive as you'd like to be? This episode explores the dual mistakes that might surreptitiously be eating up your writing time.

    Episode 10: Underestimating the Impact of Opportunistic Writing

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021 14:56


    It can seem difficult to find time to write when your schedule gets busy, especially if you believe that you can only get substantive work done if you have large, uninterrupted blocks of time to commit to it. But there's real value in making use of random short bits of time for writing even on your busiest days. In this episode, we'll explore why.

    Rebroadcast: Being Seduced by the Finished Page

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2021 12:21


      While we're away for Labor Day, we're rebroadcasting one of our most popular past episodes, Being Seduced by the Finished Page. In the new intro, there's information about my consulting webpage, stephaniedunson.com, where listeners can learn about my group workshops and advising services.  

    Bonus Track: Continued Interview with Dr. Rebecca Roache

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2021 5:30


    In this is a continuation of my conversation with Dr. Rebecca Roache, she talks more about her podcast, "The Academic Imperfectionist," including discussing plans for upcoming episodes.

    Episode 9: Interview with Dr. Rebecca Roache, the Academic Imperfectionist

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2021 19:26


    In the spirit of spreading news about support available to faculty writers, we have special episode this week to promote another podcast designed to help you face the demands of scholarly life. It's called “The Academic Imperfectionist,” and it's hosted by our special guest, Dr. Rebecca Roache. She brings a philosopher's perspective to bear in her exploration of many of the same challenges I aspire to address here on my show. 

    Episode 8: Mismanaging the Start-of-School-Year Transition

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2021 13:36


    Have you had that holy-cow-where-did-the-summer-go moment yet? Are  the long days of summer giving way to the creeping angst of August? If you wonder how you'll manage all you'd planned to do over the summer and all you need to do to before the start the semester, if you feel like you're only starting to get into a writing groove just as those pre-semester emails are starting to trickle in, in short, if you're concerned about the effect the transition to the school year will have on your writing routine, this episode is for you.

    Episode 7: Sacrificing Writing to Do Excessive Research

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2021 19:14


    Let's be honest: for most of us, doing research is just more gratifying than writing. But a problem arises when the joys and safety of research eclipse our efforts to get writing done. If you too commonly feel like Alice tumbling down the old research rabbit hole, this episode is for you

    Episode 6: Fearing Reviewers' Comments

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2021 16:11


    So a journal or publisher is interested in work that you've submitted. That's great! But now you have to face the reviewers' comments. Maybe you've had bad experiences in the past, but shifting your perspective can help you learn to actually embrace the review process.

    Episode 5: Process Writing with Erica Kaufman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2021 19:09


    In this special listener-request episode, I do a deep dive into process/metacognitive writing with Erica Kaufman, poet, writer, and Director of the Institute for Writing and Thinking at Bard College. 

    Episode 4: Overestimating How Much Writing You Can Get Done

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2021 13:31


    In psychology, they call it optimism bias—that is the tendency to project productivity based on hopes for the future rather than on evidence from the past. And if time allotted and writing produced rarely line up as you plan, you likely to suffer from it. For those of you who are among the multitudes who routinely overestimate how much writing you can get done in a set amount of time, this episode is for you.

    Episode 3 Bonus: Continued Interview with Professor Cynthia Core

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2021 7:34


    For this bonus track in my continued my conversation with Professor Cynthia Core, she shares how she's supporting her fellow faculty writers at George Washington University.  

    Episode 3: Mismanaging the Summer Break

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2021 18:32


    Throughout the academic year, it's easy look at the summer as the time when major writing will get done, when long simmering projects will be brought to completion, when things will quiet down, and we'll finally meet deadlines we've put off. The problem is that summer almost never seems as long as we expect it to be and so by the end of the season, we're left scrambling for and often falling short of the writing goals we set. In the discussion, I'm joined by Professor Cynthia Core from George Washington University.

    Episode 2: Being seduced by the finished page

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 11:13


    We spend so much time reading published writing that we forget that the finished product generally comes at the end of a necessarily messy process. Learning to expect, accept, and embrace imperfect writing as a meaningful part of the process can have a surprisingly positive effect your productivity.

    Episode 1: Reading too many books about writing

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 10:34


    Books about writing can seem so assuring. But reading too many can over-inform and confuse your writing process. If you've accumulated many books that seemed like they'd help you but didn't, this episode is for you.

    Introduction

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2021 2:13


    Welcome to 100 Mistakes Academics Make...and How to Fix Them, a new podcast for academics and other writers who need to get work done.

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