{"id":3966,"date":"2022-08-12T02:18:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T02:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/its-time-to-meet-your-writing-goals-its-time-to-shut-up-write\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T18:18:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T12:48:45","slug":"its-time-to-meet-your-writing-goals-its-time-to-shut-up-write","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/its-time-to-meet-your-writing-goals-its-time-to-shut-up-write","title":{"rendered":"It’s time to meet your writing goals; it’s time to Shut up & Write!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember how you started the year? You may have set a few ambitious goals for yourself that seemed hopeful and promising. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps you told yourself: \u201cI\u2019ll publish two articles this year.\u201d<\/i> Or, \u201cI\u2019ll start writing my thesis early so I don\u2019t have to rush close to the deadline.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

But then, life happened and you got caught up in all the other interesting stuff you\u2019re doing. The good resolutions gradually faded out and the writing never got done. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Does that sounds familiar? Don\u2019t worry, you\u2019re not alone! <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Academic writing is one of the most crucial tasks of a researcher\u2019s life and one which most of us struggle to accomplish. When the pandemic hit and lockdowns stalled most of the lab work, many researchers decided to utilize the time to finish their writing tasks, pending articles, theses, grant proposals. However, this was when many of them realized how hard it is to get focused writing done, especially when you\u2019re working alone. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI am writing my last paper and thesis and am running against a deadline. I have a procrastination tendency and want to get rid of this and write regularly to meet my deadline.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cMy PhD life has been derailed by my personal life and COVID-19. I am unable to focus when I\u2019m working alone.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cI have ADHD and desperately need external structure in my work life as a recent Associate Professor.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

These are the kind of comments we come across almost every day in our interactions with researchers. We decided to do something about it, and we came up with the idea of Shut Up & Write<\/b> \u2013 online co-working sessions where a small group of researchers come together on a fixed day of the week for an hour of focused writing. We started having these sessions on <\/span>R Voice<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span>, an online community platform for researchers. Soon, we discovered that it\u2019s incredibly helpful to write with others in academia and be accountable to the group. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The concept is simple \u2013 you get on a Zoom call with a group of researchers for one hour of focused writing. It is a one-hour block where we use proven productivity techniques to get writing done. All you do during the session is just what the name says – Shut Up & Write!\u00a0 And you do this with your camera on and under the watchful eyes of a moderator. This helps you resist the temptation to check your phone or email, avoid all distractions, and focus on your writing.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

With the summer holidays here, we thought of extending the benefits of Shut Up & Write to the Editage Insights community as well. \u00a0<\/span>Click here to know how to register<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

How does it work? <\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n