Are you struggling to concentrate and lacking in motivation? Is your writing constantly interrupted by your inbox, social media and trips to the kitchen? Write Here, Write Now (our session based loosely on the Pomodoro Technique) is back with a modified format, online, to help you focus on your writing.

Join us on Tuesdays and Fridays from 9:30am to kick-start your working from home!

Get your writing on track – how to deal with panic, writers block, procrastination or whatever it is that is stopping you. Recognising what is causing you to put off writing, recognising when you are avoiding writing, is finally the starting point to get that thesis written. Once we have discussed your writer's blocks we will look at tips and strategies for dealing with them.

A great productive session to get the writing school started

Get you writing organised Stage 1

Storyboard your thesis

How do you put all your ideas into a constructive, readable document that someone else can understand? Not sure how your ideas fit together or where they link? Then a storyboard is for you.

Whether it is thinking about your argument, your hypothesis, a storyboard is an effective way of building the structure of your writing, your research and your PhD.

The session will teach you the skills of storyboarding, with time to start building your own.

Get your writing organised Stage 2

Internal signposting to make your thesis easier to read. Our writing needs to be clear and easy for our readers to comprehend- especially when we are thinking of our thesis and our examiners. This session will examine how we can use forward and backward signposting within our chapters and introductions to ensure our examiners can follow our thesis argument. Essential practice and a great way to finish up a day of organising your writing.

Keep in touch with your postgraduate community!

Every Tuesday afternoon 3pm-3:45pm, the Postgraduate Community Engagement Team and one of our Postgrad Mentors will be online via Microsoft Teams to answer questions, discuss any issue, or just to provide a friendly face to chat to.