Writing Chunks

This morning I had a Skype call with a US-based co-author. She was spending a week writing on an island near Goteborg, Sweden with another co-author. She called it ‘bliss’.

We’re so lucky to have Newcastle University’s H&SS faculty support our own ECR Writing Retreat. As it is soon upon us, I wanted to help set the scene for a great session.

Here is a link to the always enlightening Pat Thomson’s blog ‘patter’ on academic writing. She explains that she finds it helpful to aim to write in ‘chunks’ rather than targeting a number of words or pages.

How many ‘chunks’ away are you from finishing that section? Completing a draft? How many ‘chunks’ will you write today? This week?

At the beginning and end of each day of the retreat, we discuss goals and progress. How many writing chunks further can we get?

Plans are afoot to resume the ECR Writing Club’s regular sessions once the marking period ends —  we can’t wait to get back into the writing groove — chunks at a time!

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