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Writer’s block can be a big stumbling block when trying to write your PhD thesis, grant or a paper you are trying to get publish. During the early stages of writing my PhD thesis I suffered a lot from writer’s block; however, as soon as I got into a rhythm of writing, writer’s block was a thing of the past as I zoomed through page upon page of my introduction.Looking back on it now I realize what elements resulted in me having writer’s block and how I overcame it. Therefore I thou …

One question I did ask myself before I started to write up was “How Long is a PhD thesis”. If like me you did your PhD under a new PI, you more than likely will not have examples from previous PhD students that submitted thesis from the lab. Having previous students and postdocs in the lab will give you a wealth of information about how a professor likes the structure of their PhDs theses, how long they like you to spend writing up, will they publish your papers before your PhD th …

20 Awesome PhD Writing Tips 1. Set you PhD thesis writing goals By the time you write your PhD thesis, a few years may have passed since you last composed a piece of scientific writing. Maybe you wrote a paper in the meantime which will be a huge help and give you the right start to putting your PhD thesis together. However, if you haven’t written a significant piece of scientific writing in a long time this may affe …