by Dr. Cara | Dec 15, 2020 | Dissertation Coaching, Writing
Get Your Writing Flowing Again Hi there grad student! Picture this: You are sitting at your desk, notes neatly organized, outline in hand, your mind nicely overflowing with all the relevant knowledge you need right now, fingers posed on the keyboard and...
by caraweston | Dec 3, 2020 | Writing
Ah, the oft-misunderstood paragraph. Most of us learned the basics of standard paragraph construction during our elementary school years and beyond. The first sentence should contain your main point and the following sentences should substantiate that point. Simple,...
by Dr. Cara | Nov 6, 2020 | Dissertation Coaching, Writing
If you’ve experienced imposter syndrome, take heart. You are not alone. Some of the world’s most successful people have famously suffered from this often debilitating emotional malady. “F Is For Fake” is the title of an acclaimed documentary by Orson...
by caraweston | Oct 17, 2020 | Writing
Writers throughout history have leveraged personal crises and daily stressors to create. From death to divorce to political division, writers have written through (and dared to channel) the most challenging periods of their lives. Channel Adversity Into Writing...
by caraweston | Jul 17, 2020 | Finish dissertation, Procrastination, Writing
Imagine the perfect romantic evening. Candles burning, dreamy music playing and the fire crackling quietly in the background. Two glasses clink as an amazing meal cooks in the oven. Romance is so much easier when the mood is set, right? Yet we rarely attempt to...
by Dr. Cara | Jun 26, 2020 | Dissertation Coaching, Writing
Writing a dissertation can be exciting at first. You can’t keep your hands off of it. You love your ideas and your ideas love you right back. The words flow from your fingertips with an almost unreal sense of ease. Then time passes. Life happens. The initial...
