In Helen Sword's presentation on the 23 November at RMIT (sfy.co/aBL8) she spoke of some creativity research that suggests that watching videos of baby animal makes for a more positive mindset.
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As is evident by the date stamps on my last few blog posts, I fell off the Academic Writing Month (AcWriMo) train about half-way through. My aim was to finish 2 draft chapters during November (plus... Delete the scoop?
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This year, I participated in #AcWriMo (an effort initiated by Dr. Charlotte Frost to encourage academics to focus almost solely on writing, I assume with the intent that their productivity goes up). I even joined the Google Documents’ AcWriMo Accountability Database so that I could track my progress. I was quickly derailed in reporting back on my progress simply because I had so much writing to do. So, now that #AcWriMo is over, here are my quick notes on what I learned and a summary of my progress. Delete the scoop?
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We are in the throws of the last week of the semester and I have a heap of marking to do before I can get my student's grade submitted; but, AcWriMo has ended and I just wanted to update you all on my progress. Delete the scoop?
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Along with hundreds of tweeps, I recently participated in AcWriMo, a month-long writing productivity drive organized by Charlotte Frost over at PhD2Published. The basic idea is that you publicly commit to writing towards whatever “crazy goal” you set in a month, and that crowd pressure/encouragement keeps you on track Delete the scoop?
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During the first term I have had the pleasure of a sabbatical in order to write my second book. It has been a super time of reading, writing and travell... Delete the scoop?
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In Helen Sword's presentation on the 23 November at RMIT (sfy.co/aBL8) she spoke of some creativity research that suggests that watching videos of baby animal makes for a more positive mindset.
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I should have been productive… Friday was the last official day of Academic Writing Month, or AcWriMo. November 30th. The culmination of 30 days of prioritising writing. If I was to be produc... Delete the scoop?
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Phew! I survived AcWriMo 2012, a month long initiative of focused academic writing (more information here). My pledge for AcWriMo was to write 100 minutes every day and to produce 6 specific output... Delete the scoop?
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#AcWriMo is over. The goals I set myself were to complete two of the six chapters planned to make up my book by writing between 500 and 1500 words over 20 days during the month of November. So how ... Delete the scoop?
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AcWriMo completely failed to have the effect I'd hoped for, but I'm taking it as a sign of a positive change. Delete the scoop?
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Friday, November 30th was the concluding day for both Academic Writing Month and Digital Writing Month. For me it was thirty days of building writing habits, thinking and reading about writing, and... Delete the scoop?
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November was a hell of a month! Between the last rush of teaching and keeping up with the endless admin that seems to crop up I actually managed to enjoy writing my thesis! When you consider the amount of tasks and responsibilities doctoral level student do, it’s easy to put the PhD aside for ‘later’, which seems like an ass-backward way of approaching doctoral level studies. It’s certainly unproductive and I’ve written before on the other pressures of doing stuff other than your thesis. This past month, however, was certainly an eye opener. Delete the scoop?
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Firstly, apologies for updating my academic writing progress so late. November (Academic Writing Month) ended at least a week ago, and I should have come clean about my progress since then! So, my goal was to complete a first draft of my 'methods' section. I didn't specify a word count, but I wanted something I could send to my supervisor that was readable, and made some kind of sense. Delete the scoop?
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Before getting to my AcWriMo reflections, I’d like to say thanks and welcome to all my new subscribers and followers. November was the busiest month ever on the blog: there were nearly 5,000 ... Delete the scoop?
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#AcWriMo has been and gone. For those unfamiliar with the idea, many of us set outrageous writing goals for the month of November. Delete the scoop?
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#AcWriMo has now come to an end, so it's time for the traditional round-up post of what I achieved, learned, and changed as a result of the month. I can start by saying outright that I didn't meet all of my goals; in fact, I only got about half way there. I did, however, know from the start that these were highly overambitious, and I did write an awful lot more than I would have managed otherwise, and also achieved goals that I wasn't expecting to meet. Delete the scoop?
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I closed AcWriMo with a trip to Oxford. It’s necessary for what I’m writing because the original archaeological reports for some sites are from the 1920s or earlier. There were very few Archae... Delete the scoop?
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AcWriMo It’s all over… or is it? As December ticks by it’s about time I checked in with my #AcWriMo experience and the goals I set myself. I had said I wanted to: 1. Start blogging. 2. Academic ... Delete the scoop?
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I’ve spent the month of November focusing on writing, like lots of other people taking part in AcWriMo. I’m lucky – my project is coming to an end, so my ordinary work has involve... Delete the scoop?
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So now it’s December, and AcWriMo has come and gone. How did it work out? Here are some thoughts:
I wrote just over 13,000 words in 30 days. Which is not bad at all, considering that I set a relatively modest goal (half an hour every day). I didn’t write quite every day in November — there were about five days I missed, most of which were because I was visiting family for Thanksgiving — but I got pretty close to that goal. I’m not sure yet if those 13,000 words are any good, but I think I’m going to wait a few weeks and look at the November writing file after I’ve gotten a bit of distance on it. Delete the scoop?
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