Posts made in January, 2019

How Group Writing can Help You with Maintaining a Writing Flow

Posted by on Jan 2, 2019 in Writing | 0 comments

Writing for long hours having locked yourself in a room seems monotonous and toilsome. You may have heard advice like do write every day, make a schedule for writing and stick to it. Without a doubt, these pieces of advice are constructive to get into the flow of writing. Writing is like an exercise; the more you do it, the better you get at it. Though you are following a schedule for writing, you eventually feel the writer’s block. You start putting off drafting up chapters, and with time, get yourself into a fix. This is when a group writing approach comes in handy. If you consider writing your thesis with other scholars who are at the same stage, you will pick up a chunk of time that will be blocked out for writing only, which means you are committed to avoiding distractions and be stuck to writing. Another benefit of group writing is you have chosen a different place for writing, which means you will not fall into the temptation of procrastination and doing other activities such as sending over emails and checking social media sites. You can execute the prewriting stage very well such as sharing and brainstorming ideas, formulate drafts of chapters, and discuss important areas like the target audience and purpose of your writing. You have the liberty to discuss who will write which part of the paper and the deadline for writing content. You can also discuss sources for collecting data, analyse the data and interpret findings. Group writing acts as an inspiration to keep writing, especially when you are not able to write alone. Group work can sometimes be challenging, but it will go a long way. Working in a group provides you with an opportunity to see the writing style of others. You can also learn about the writing processes and strategies. If you are stuck at a point, you can discuss that with other members of your group which will keep you from procrastinating. Though group writing is a rewarding process, it cannot sustain for a long time. At the specific point, you will have to write alone. However, you can discuss important issues over emails or by scheduling a meeting. The significant benefit of group writing is it will help you keep procrastination at bay and get into the swing of it.  ...

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