How to write an essay plan
If you find it difficult to get started on your essay, start with a mindmap, then group your ideas togethers to form the essay sections.
Getting through sticking points in your PhD thesis
In the final phase of your PhD, approach late-stage setbacks in practical ways to distract from the doubts.
Effective proofreading
Proofreading is a final check on a piece of finished work, so make sure you don’t start before you’ve, well, finished. Publishing houses send their proofs out to specialist proofreaders, but if you are proofing your own work, you need…
How to make cuts
The main point of cutting back a piece of writing is to make your work more impactful—more energetic and more persuasive.
Improve your critical thinking
Critical thinking is a skill you already have, put to work in a new environment. It gets easier with practice.
Beating pandemic procrastination
Are you failing to progress with your writing? This enhanced freewriting technique can help you get back on track.
How to concentrate
You can strengthen your ability to concentrate, like a muscle. Try these three methods to improve your focus.
Developing a critical mindset
Developing a critical mindset involves drawing on qualities including confidence, motivation, curiosity and effort.
Where is your reader?
When you're writing, picture yourself working in a room and re-position your imagined reader as you progress.
Writing from the bottom up
Working from the bottom up can be a creative way to grow a project. You write notes as you read to create a rough draft as you go.