I don’t know about you, but most academics find that they are simply exhausted at this time of year. It’s not just near the end of the semester, but the end of a long academic year. All you want to do at this time is take a good long rest!But of course, there is still plenty to do, and keeping up momentum on your writing project at this stage is more important than ever. I’m reminded of a marathon runner in the last few miles of the race – the finish line is almost in sight and you just have to keep on running for a little while longer to reach your goal.

A few tips to help you push through this time of year:

1) Keep your eye on the prize – remind yourself of your long-term goal, be it finishing your dissertation, getting tenure, or just learning to enjoy academic writing (yes, that is possible) and getting your thoughts out into the scholarly world. Write your goal on a sticky that you post next to your computer.

2) Keep your daily goals both reasonable and doable. I notice at this time of year some people try for too much and then get down on themselves for not attaining their goals.

3) Don’t go it alone. Reach out to others who know what you are going through and talk about the writing process.

4) Make yourself accountable. It can be easy to let things slide when we are the only ones expecting progress. It’s time to put a support structure in place which not only creates accountability but which helps you make real, lasting changes in your writing productivity.

The Academic Writing Club helps grad students, post docs, or professors who wants to finish their dissertation, article, grant proposal or book more quickly. We provide the structure, guidance, accountability, coaching feedback and interactivity with peers that you need in order to write productively.

Join the Academic Writing Club and discover how much more you can get done, and how much less painful writing can be, when you have this kind of support.

Plus you’ll get extra tips on how to become a more productive writer, and how to maximize your time in the Club, in our free teleclass, “Six Strategies for Successful Academic Writing.”

All this, plus our free telephone group coaching Q & A session, will help you jump start and continue your productive writing throughout the year. (You will receive recordings of both teleclasses in downloadable MP3 format).  Just the teleclass and telephone group are worth the Writing Club fee!

Check out the Writing Club at: http://www.academicwritingclub.com/