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A bit of inspiration to start writing… suitable for thesis #AcademicWriting

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This is a brief post. It’s a brief post about a brief strategy which helps you to get started on writing that feels a bit – well – a bit boring. It’s the five minutes a day strategy.

Boring? Yes … sometimes we all have to write things that don’t excite us. We often try to put off tedious writing. We find it hard to get going. We have no energy. Just thinking about the writing makes us feel tired. And perhaps resentful.

When faced with an enervating writing task, it’s tempting to put it off. To do something that’s more interesting. Or perhaps we could sit and look at the blank screen for a while, then switch to email, or marking, or analyse some data, or one of the many other tasks that need doing.

So the boring bit of writing stays unwritten. It becomes increasingly pressing. But no…

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Author: Adita

Bióloga, paleontóloga, tecnóloga educativa, estudiante de filosofía (por orden de aparición). Docente universitaria. Investigadora. Rocha, Uruguay. Biologist, palaeontologist, educational technologist, science philosophy student (in order of appearance). University teacher. Researcher. Rocha, Uruguay.

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