Skip to content
Clarity Doctors Writing Consultants | Editing and Academic Coaching for Authors
  • Editing
  • Academic Coaching
  • Tutoring
  • Testimonials
  • About Us
  • Blog
  • Contact Us

Author: admin

Writers on the Struggle to Write Well

24/06/202210/07/2022 admin

Today we will step back and look at a selection of relevant quotes by working writers. We should treasure their candid takes about the process of writing. Is Writer’s Block […]

 Uncategorized  cultural scripts, motivation, writer's block, writing craft, writing skills

Writer’s Block (Part 3): Overwhelm

15/06/202215/06/2022 admin

We’ve explored writer’s block in previous posts (Part 1 is here and Part 2 is here). Put simply, writer’s block is a constellation of feelings and experiences that is driven […]

 Uncategorized  motivation, self-regulation, writer's block, writing craft

Self-regulation (Part 2): Meeting Inspiration Half-way

09/06/202223/06/2022 admin

In the first part of this series, we started considering how to treat writing as craft and not as a mysterious and inspired gift. Because the sad truth is that […]

 Self-regulation, Writing Craft  flow, motivation, procrastination, self-regulation, writing craft, writing skills

The Zen of Writing (Part 3): Gracefully Overwhelmed Work

10/07/202109/07/2021 admin

Writing, in almost all its forms, is creative work. One of the most common pitfalls of creative work is overwhelm. It arises for many different reasons. Maybe we are overly […]

 Writing Craft  draft 0, overwhelm, procrastination, stress, writing craft, writing skills

Self-Editing Strategies: Structural Editing, Content Editing, and Copyediting

25/06/202110/07/2022 admin

Ah, editing. Nobody really likes editing their own writing. While writing can be occasionally gratifying, and the products of editing are certainly rewarding, the process of editing is at best […]

 Writing Craft  content editing, copyediting, editing, editing strategies, structural editing

The Zen of Writing (Part 2): SMART Goals

18/06/202109/01/2023 admin

Last time we looked at writing through the aspirational lens of achieving flow. And we saw that in order to have a chance at flow in writing, we need to […]

 Uncategorized

The Zen of Writing (Part 1): Flow

11/06/202110/07/2022 admin

Writing should be fun, but it seems impossible to make it fun. Last week we touched on some negative aspects of writing: the inevitable stuck places, the frustrations, the overwhelm. […]

 Writing Craft  development, flow, productivity, writing skills

Writer’s Block (Part 2)

04/06/202110/07/2022 admin

Writing is hard and will always be hard. Writer’s block will always be lurking in the wings. When it comes, it comes as a big pile of interrelated feelings. Our […]

 Writing Craft  cultural scripts, flow, writer's block, writing craft, writing skills

Announcing the Academic Coaching side of our business!

29/05/202129/05/2021 admin

Clarity Doctors is officially launching our academic coaching services! As academic coaches, our main focus is on graduate students in the late stages of their programs–that dreaded phase where all […]

 Uncategorized  academic coaching, confidence, graduate school, support, writing craft

Self-regulation (Part 1)

28/05/202127/05/2021 admin

Writing requires many different kinds of self-regulation. The problem is, this term hides shocking complexity. But let’s try to get a handle on a specific piece of the self-regulation puzzle: […]

 Writing Craft  procrastination, self-regulation, time management, writing skills

Posts navigation

← Older posts
Newer posts →

Copyright © 2021-2024 Clarity Doctors Writing Consultants. All rights reserved.

Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Moesia by aThemes