by Bec Evans | Jan 30, 2020
Your writing dreams are big, but the way to achieve them is to think small. If you want to build a new routine or change your behavior, the research says you need to start tiny. Here’s how to use small steps to build great progress. You’ve got a great idea for a book,...
by Bec Evans | Jan 13, 2020
Tracking can be a powerful tool for behaviour change. It can help you build writing habits and routines, improve your productivity and make you feel more positive about writing – which means you’ll be more likely to write. Get started with this complete...
by Bec Evans | Oct 11, 2019
The main barrier to writing is not a lack of ideas but a lack of time. Our lives are packed to the brim with important and urgent things to do. Don’t wait for the perfect writing opportunity to arrive – you must make time. Learn about four approaches that other...
by Chris Smith | Jun 12, 2018
Helen Sword is a guru in scholarly writing circles. She’s spent a decade finding out what makes academic writers tick and publishing evidence-based books and articles about various aspects of scholarly writing and publication. Whilst her research has focused on...
by Bec Evans | Jun 4, 2018
If everything takes longer than we expect – even when we allow for delays – how can writers hit their deadlines? Here’s an evidence-based approach to overcoming the planning fallacy. Going public with my best laid plans. Life goals – achieved I’ve...
by Chris Smith | May 9, 2018
If you’ve ever missed a deadline the planning fallacy may well be the culprit. It’s the tendency we have to underestimate the time it will take us to complete something – whilst knowing full well that similar tasks have taken longer in the past....
