I appreciated your post “The Second-Book Problem,” as it describes (more accurately than I care to admit) the situation I’m in. My first book was published in September 2020. It was nonfiction. There ...

You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Writing a dissertation is a grueling process that does not just require academic prowess, an ...

Students working on their Bachelor's or Master's thesis usually have supervisors at their side who guide, accompany and possibly also correct them during this time. If students have the impression ...

Recent scholarly efforts have advanced our understanding of writing instruction by examining both the cognitive and motivational dimensions that underpin student development. Research in this area has ...

Social media, reading and the fragmented schedules of academia can all eat into precious writing time. Based on her experience supervising PhD students, Zhen Sun offers advice for supporting doctoral ...

Launching from the semester’s end into summer is usually celebrated as a special kind of academic freedom, a chance to get lost in projects and flex your intellectual muscles. But what we’re hearing ...