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Know yourself and plan accordingly. If you have 30 min to write between meetings, then that may be a time to plan a very targeted intervention. For me, I would do far better revising a set of footnotes in that time frame than writing new material, a task that may need extra time for outlining. (4/4)

Be specific. Most people do better with a grocery list with individual items ("pasta, sauce, ricotta") rather than the end product ("lasagna"). If your plan says "check topic sentences in section two," you are going to get busy more quickly than with a plan that says "work on chapter three."(3/x)

Make planning part of your routine. Some make a plan for their next writing session at the end of their current writing session. Others plan by the week. Either way, the point is to make planning the writing session(s) a regular part of your workflow so you are less likely to skip the step. (2/x)

3. You don't need to name every source, esp if they only appear once. If the reader sees a name, they think they may need to remember it. But if you describe the person instead ("One audience member"), you've explained the source without distracting the reader unnecessarily from the argument. (3/3)

2. When you quote, be sure to introduce the source of the quotation in the text. For instance, "Historian I. M. Awesome explains..." or "One audience member described ..." You want the reader to recognize the source without checking the footnotes, which many people won't do. (2/x)

2. Does the topic sentence (argument) for the paragraph fit logically between the ideas presented in the paragraphs before & after the one you are editing?

This technique is almost sure to help you find structural gaps & places where the argument needs tightening. You can do it! (2/2) #AcademicSky