Writing training for different stages of a PhD
Writing training for PhD students is best when it is differentiated for each year group.
Creating space to think
To improve your productivity, simply put your phone away for a while.
Managing the writing process
While working on your thesis, write in bite-sized chunks of an hour or so, and deal with other tasks in your breaks. You can achieve a lot in three of fours hours of writing a day.
A page, a paragraph, a sentence: keeping your focus
Sometimes, it's hard to see the wood for the trees in your writing. Here's a way of achieving an overview of your project to help to keep you on track.
Maintaining your focus
If you're struggling to maintain the focus of your argument, get back to basics and identify the main point that will take your reader from a position of open-mindedness towards being full persuaded by your case.