Artificial Intelligence, Writing, and Editing (Part 5): Reckoning and Judgment

The public discussion that started with ChatGPT continues. It now concerns language models (LLMs) in general, most recently with the (troubled) launches of Google’s Bard and Microsoft’s Sydney. There’s deep […]

From Inspiration to Perspiration: Draft 2 and Beyond

Elsewhere, we have written about the qualities of draft -1, draft 0, and draft 1. We offer these because starting to write can feel very different day-to-day, and sometimes minute-by-minute. […]

The Zen of Writing (Part 4): Failure

Today we return to a series we’ve been developing on the Zen of writing. We started by examining the aspiration to achieve flow while writing, then looked at how we […]

Artificial Intelligence, Writing, and Editing (Part 4): AI Writing Copilots

AI has really come into the writing mainstream over the last two years, causing great excitement and anxiety. Here at CDWC, we are following these developments with great interest. We […]

The Existential Pleasures of Getting Edited and Coached

A reflection on how editing and coaching helps support a growth mindset to make writing easier and more fulfilling.

SMART Goal-Setting for the New Year

A reflection on how to make New Year’s writing aspirations a reality through SMART goals, dedicated writing time, and kindness.

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From the PhD to Professional Editing

Here at Clarity Doctors we turned to professional editing after finishing our PhDs. The transition from academia to editing is somewhat unusual, so we thought we’d share some of our […]

Self-Regulation: Writing on the Hardest Days

We have written a fair amount about self-regulation in relation to writing. We have discussed strategies for starting, ways to persevere, ways to navigate around procrastination, and the joy of […]

Draft 1 and the Crafting of Clarity from Abundant Chaos

We’ve already written a good deal about what it’s like to get stuck with writing, some strategies for overcoming stuckness, and what unstuck writing tends to feel like. Recently, we […]

Editing and (a Bit of) Philosophy: Meaning and Form

Briefly exploring the intersection of philosophy and editing.

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