Productive writing: strategies for deep work & focus
Boost your writing productivity with this short course
About the course
Turning a blank page into a polished manuscript is a challenge every researcher faces. Writing and communicating your research is an essential part of academic life, whether you’re working on an article, thesis, book or funding proposal. Yet the scholarly writing process is demanding and time consuming. It involves planning, drafting and redrafting, meeting deadlines, collaborating and more.
This short, self-paced course is designed to help researchers overcome writer’s block, build productive writing habits and move their work forward with confidence. You’ll learn how to plan and outline your projects, write in a non-linear but efficient order, use strategies like freewriting and manage editing and feedback without feeling overwhelmed.
With practical tools, reflection prompts and clear guidance, this course supports you from blank page to finished draft.
Course duration: 3 hours
Upon completing this course participants will have:
- Identified and addressed personal writing barriers by applying self-reflection tools and productivity techniques that support academic writing.
- Planned and structured an academic writing project using outlines, bullet frameworks and visual aids such as figures and tables.
- Applied effective drafting, editing and feedback strategies to develop clear, confident writing routines that lead to consistent progress and completion.
Who is this course for?
This bitesize introductory course, designed for researchers from any discipline, aims to kickstart writing and boost productivity. The course is short and can be completed in 3 hours or spread out over a longer period. It is designed to fit around a busy research schedule.
What do I need?
All of the content is contained within the course, so all you will need is a quiet space, a computer or mobile device, an internet connection and headphones so that you can hear the sound on the videos. The course contains videos, images, infographics, text and optional writing exercises. We hope you enjoy it!
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