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Sound Writing Practices }{ AcWriMo 2014 }{ Week 3

This is my log for Academic Writing Month 2014.  You can read my guiding philosophy here and my opening statement for this year here.  This year I will post weekly reports with detailed day-by-day breakdowns of my work.  I will also be reposting my list of goals each week, annotated with the tasks that I got accomplished and […]

Posted on December 5, 2014 at 9:07 am by rjordan · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Sound Writing Practices }{ AcWriMo 2014 }{ Week 2

This is my log for Academic Writing Month 2014.  You can read my guiding philosophy here and my opening statement for this year here.  This year I will post weekly reports with detailed day-by-day breakdowns of my work.  I will also be reposting my list of goals each week, annotated with the tasks that I got accomplished and […]

Posted on November 18, 2014 at 7:30 am by rjordan · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Sound Writing Practices }{ AcWriMo 2014 }{ Week 1

This is my log for Academic Writing Month 2014.  You can read my guiding philosophy here and my opening statement for this year here.  This year I will post weekly reports with detailed day-by-day breakdowns of my work.  I will also be reposting my list of goals each week, annotated with the tasks that I got […]

Posted on November 10, 2014 at 7:24 am by rjordan · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Sound Writing Practices }{ AcWriMo 2014 }{ My Goals

For me, Academic Writing Month has become a tool for developing good time management skills in order to improve my psychology of work, rather than simply a prompt to produce more than usual (see my inaugural post from last year).  As such, my planned productivity for each November has gone down – not up – […]

Posted on November 7, 2014 at 6:53 pm by rjordan · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Sound Writing Practices }{ AcWriMo 2013 }{ Week 5

This is my log for #AcWriMo 2013.  You can read my guiding philosophy for the exercise here, and my lofty goals here.  Now let’s get on with my accountability. With almost all my job applications finally in for the year, my interview and guest lectures over with last week, I’ve hit most of my goals […]

Posted on December 7, 2013 at 8:30 am by rjordan · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Sound Writing Practices }{ AcWriMo 2013 }{ Week 4

This is my log for #AcWriMo 2013.  You can read my guiding philosophy for the exercise here, and my lofty goals here.  Now let’s get on with my accountability. Nov. 25th Week started with my 7 am Skype interview for a job overseas.  I had stayed up late but was adequately prepared.  I thought I’d […]

Posted on December 4, 2013 at 8:19 am by rjordan · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Sound Writing Practices }{ AcWriMo 2013 }{ Week 3

This is my log for #AcWriMo 2013.  You can read my guiding philosophy for the exercise here, and my lofty goals here.  Now let’s get on with my accountability. Nov. 18th * 4 Pomodoros on my job talk.  Got a basic structure and the relevant text from various sources.  Now it needs a major edit. […]

Posted on December 1, 2013 at 8:09 am by rjordan · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Sound Writing Practices }{ AcWriMo 2013 }{ Week 2

This is my log for #AcWriMo 2013.  You can read my guiding philosophy for the exercise here, and my lofty goals here.  Now let’s get on with my accountability. Daily Log: Week 2 Nov. 11th My two year-old came down with whatever my four year-old had on Friday so she stayed home with me today.  […]

Posted on November 18, 2013 at 12:49 pm by rjordan · Permalink · One Comment
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Sound Writing Practices }{ AcWriMo 2013 }{ Why I Love My Tomato Timers

This is my log for #AcWriMo 2013.  You can read my guiding philosophy for the exercise here, and my lofty goals here.  Now for some thoughts on the benefits of the Pomodoro Technique. Why I Love My Tomato Timers When I first heard about the Pomodoro Technique during last year’s AcWriMo I was instantly fascinated […]

Posted on November 18, 2013 at 8:01 am by rjordan · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Sound Writing Practices }{ AcWriMo 2013 }{ Week 1

This is my log for #AcWriMo 2013.  You can read my guiding philosophy for the exercise here, and my lofty goals here.  Now let’s get on with my accountability. Daily Log: Week 1 I started AcWriMo in unorthodox fashion by taking the first few days of November off.  I had a dozen job applications due […]

Posted on November 13, 2013 at 9:52 am by rjordan · Permalink · Leave a comment
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