Advice books on academic productivity tell you to establish a writing routine, and stick to it. The experts say it’s a mistake to think you’ll get much accomplished in frenetic bursts. So why are we ...

If you ever felt the urge to write but found yourself held back by a nagging voice of doubt? What if you could silence that voice and let your creativity flow freely? Many writing beginners struggle ...

Writers engage in a lot of magical thinking related to our own productivity. Some of us believe we need special writing spots or particular writing implements to get the job done. Others follow ...

Courtney Peña-Lima is an associate director at the Biosciences Grant Writing Academy at Stanford University in California and a writing instructor at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Troy ...

1. Schedule regular writing times If you wait for your muse to come to you, you’ll spend a lot of time not writing. Instead, recognize that you are your own muse. The only person who will drive you to ...