writing training and coaching for phds:

1. Foundational Thesis Writing Course for an all-around coaching on how to do the PhD

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   A series of focused writing courses to elevate your writing to the PhD level

Writing Course For Phd candidates

The PhD Writing Course is the foundational guide for PhD students at Academic Coach. Writing your PhD is one of the hardest things you will ever do as a writer as it requires you to bring original cutting edge research to life in an enormous dissertation of between 80-100,000 words. It is the longest, and most technically complex piece of writing you have ever done. PhD programmes offer lots of training on research and methods, and your supervisor will be there to give you subject specific guidance on your ideas. They will comment on your writing sporadically. But they probably won’t advise you on how to write your PhD, nor will your programme offer an intensive writing course that offers both the practical and psychological support needed to complete this complex piece of writing.

Course outcomes

This course will teach you to:

• Build a basic writing habit

• Basic research, reading and note-taking skills that will support your writing

• Engage in critical writing

• Shape your thesis so that it becomes a coherent whole

• Editing techniques so you can improve your drafting skills

• Avoid procrastination and navigate imposter syndrome

This course is for you if:

• You want to establish a reliable, effective, efficient writing habit that enables you to complete in 3 years

• You want to understand the common pitfalls of the PhD and how to avoid them

• You need support with the emotional barriers to writing, and how to overcome them

• You want to overcome imposter syndrome, perfectionism and procrastination

• You want to understand how to be more efficient at research, note taking and research collation

• You want better outcomes from, and communication with, your supervisor

We offer the PhD Thesis Writing Course to support you through the process of writing a PhD. It will provide intensive on-line mentorship and coaching that will take you through the mechanics of writing a PhD, and help you through the practical and emotional barriers that PhD students can encounter during this three year writing marathon. It offers practical solutions for getting the most out of your scholarship as well as advice on getting the most out of your supervision in order to propel your writing to the PhD level. It employs Academic Coach’s Framework for Writing Success and is guided by our writing philosophy. The programme is driven by insights gained from the latest research into doctoral studies, and Academic Coach’s professional experience.

You can start this course at anytime on your PhD - it is not tied to a specific staging post. By the end of this course, you will know everything you need to know to successfully author a PhD.

How the course works

• 10 Modules to tackle at your own pace

🎁 4 BONUS PRE-RECORDED WEBINARS 🎁 to give editing advice and how the overall structure of your PhD should look.

Transform your writing from description to evaluation to create new knowledge

Critical Writing is REQUIRED to create an original contribution to knowledge 

The passing standard of a PhD is an original contribution to knowledge and YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT without critical analysis throughout your text

Chances are you are feeling frustrated...or lost...and you have probably started to feel a little helpless because you can't seem to get your writing to the right standard.

Are you feeling like you stare at your text for hours, or avoid it altogether?

Do you dread hearing the same feedback but struggle to change things?

You know that you NEED to change something, but are not sure where to start

Start now. Start here. This course will change your PhD.

This is the EXACT system I have taught to hundreds of successful PhD students, and the note taking system (BONUS MODULE) is one I used and still teach my clients today.

🎁 EXCLUSIVE BONUS FOR PAY IN FULL 🎁

Note Taking For Productivity Worth €225

You will take notes efficiently and effectively so that you can build complexity and critical analysis from the early drafts

The Ultimate Drafting Model: A complete Guide to drafting academic papers and chapters for Phds.

In less than one hour, you can have a total writing transformation.

Discover the  5 Drafts to Finish model of drafting  that will take you from blank page to finished with maximum efficiency.

If you want to stop going around in circles when drafting papers or chapters, and to stop procrastinating or returning to reading to self-soothe, then you need the Drafting Model. You will have a logical predictable drafting process that takes you from ideation to finished paper in 5 steps. You will know exactly when the reading starts, how to execute, and most importantly when enough is enough.

If you want to stop feeling like there are ways to better articulate your argument or contribution, but have never been taught the techniques and want to stop getting stuck and letting papers sit in the 'desk drawer' half way done but never finished, the drafting course will show you how to work through your papers, methodically, consistently and with ease to submission so no work is wasted.

You know you need to master drafting papers, books and chapters. You know there are better ways to do it, and you are tired of doing things the hard way...

Chances are, you find writing frustrating. The struggle to stop reading, the struggle to articulate exactly what you want to say. The disappointment with the end result...

The never ending circle of going over and over your work.

It is time to change all that.

Learn to draft effectively and efficiently with ease and confidence.

My 6 Step Editing Roadmap enables you to elevate the quality of your writing for high impact

Professional editing techniques are required to push your writing to the highest possible level

Writing complex material and communicating your ideas clearly to someone else requires a professional approach to editing so that you can build effective bridges between you and them

Chances are you spend way too much time going round in circles on your text...and you have probably started to feel a little frustrated at how long FINISHING a piece of work takes, because you can't seem to get your writing to the right standard.

Or you start by trying to perfect your writing when you don’t even know where you are going yet.

Are you feeling like you stare at your text for hours, or avoid it altogether?

Do you dread submission because you don't know if the piece is really good enough?

You know that you NEED to change something, but are not sure where to start

Start now. Start here. This course will give you the skills to create text of the highest quality.

This is the EXACT system I have taught to hundreds of successful academics and PhD students, to sharpen their text, showcase their argument and contribution and produce elegant work.

write your literature review with ease and clarity

The Lit review sets the stage for the examiners to understand what you are contributing to knowledge. It is where you set out your conceptual approach to your thesis, and where you demonstrate your grasp of the field.

It is one of the hardest things to write on a PhD, and it is written in layers.

This programme will give you the 6 steps to conducting and then writing a successful lit review so you can showcase your expertise to your examiners.

Don’t struggle alone! It is straightforward when you know how.

Community, accountability, coaching.

Write with me 3 times x 2 weeks - live! Mondays, Wednesday’s and Thursdays.

The Writing Sprint Club is for academic writers (PhD and faculty) who want to create guaranteed writing time every week to push their projects forward. Research on writing productivity (eg Boice, amongst many others) tells us that social writing - that is regular writing amongst others - results in more outputs. It is that simple. It has been measured time and again. It fuels positive emotions around writing and creates additional social benefits beyond the time spent writing. Writing clubs become organic engines of support outside of your department, your discipline and your country, and you are engaged in a common endeavour with people who truly understand. Paying a fee actually increases the effectiveness of social writing because it creates an appointment you feel you should keep. Having an outside facilitator again ensures you are more likely to turn up as opposed to in-house writing sessions.

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