Facilitating “about writing” discussions for research groups

ABOUT WRITING

Lead researchers find it helpful to have all their graduate students or research group members all on the same page when it comes to how they approach writing.

WHY WRITE EVERY DAY?

I share what we know the most productive writers in academia do and I frame writing as a way of thinking, not as something we do after we have developed all of our ideas. “Write your way into your ideas,” is the key takeaway.

WHY IS SLEEP & OTHER WELLNESS PRACTICES IMPORTANT?

I ground writing practices in wellness practices that reject toxic narratives that do great harm to people—especially women, BIPOC, & queer identifying people.