If you want to make the most out of your summer, spend a little time thinking about what has kept you from writing in the… Read More »Write Your Heart Out This Summer: 4 Common Obstacles to Academic Writing During Breaks & How to Overcome Them
In an early post from 2015, I wrote about why scholars should never write alone. I updated this post in October 2020 to reflect the… Read More »Why You Need an Academic Writing Boot Camp Right Now
In my work as an academic writing consultant, I talk to clients a lot about how to develop a daily writing practice. Devoting time everyday… Read More »Creating a Daily Academic Writing Practice
If I have learned anything from working as a scholar and an academic editor, it’s that excellent writing is rarely a solitary act. Many of… Read More »Why Scholars Should Never Write Alone: Pandemic Edition
I hope all of you as well as your family and friends are as safe and healthy as possible! These are difficult times, and academic… Read More »Creating a Productive & Sustainable Academic Writing Schedule
In my previous post, I suggested strategies for overcoming common challenges to developing your dissertation into a book. If you are just getting started in… Read More »Jump-Starting the Revision Process for Developing Your Dissertation into a Book
For many scholars, turning the dissertation into a book is a long and difficult process. In the first of this two-part series, I discuss how… Read More »Making the Transition from a Dissertation to a Book
This post provides some tips for developing and defending an argument in academic writing.
I used to have a colleague who every spring submitted their final grades and printed out their syllabi for the fall semester while I was… Read More »It’s Not Too Late to Gear Up for a Productive Summer!
In my previous post on “Why Scholars Should Never Write Alone,” I discussed the option of working with a professional editor as one way to… Read More »Finding the Right Academic Editor
It’s 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday morning–your designated time for academic writing. You’ve just gotten back from class and your newly refilled cup of coffee is… Read More »How to Overcome Academic Writer’s Block: Writing a “Zero” Draft
Welcome to the inaugural blog post for MargaretEdits. I thought it made sense to start off with an issue that I find absolutely critical in… Read More »Clarity in Academic Writing