Writing process: Try out diverse tools & techniques to optimize your writing.
- Idea generation & development: How to use writing to sharpen your thinking
- Structuring: How to create a compelling story from your messy results
- Drafting: How to combat writer’s block & write productively and even with joy
- Revising: How to proceed efficiently and minimize the frustration
- Feedback: How to profit from peer-feedback & how to handle feedback from your supervisor
- Writer types: How to design your own optimal strategy for writing
Scientific language & style: Learn the conventions and practice, practice, practice…
- Paragraph & sentence structure
- Transition phrases & text flow
- Passive/active voice
- Powerful verbs
- Clear & precise language
- And other relevant topics
Writing productivity: Take stock & create an action plan for improvement.
- How to use the power of writing habits and routines
- Daily writing practice & research diary / lab book
- How to approach a big writing project like the doctoral thesis
Writing a research article
- Types of scientific papers & their macrostructure
- Creating a storyline
- Writing & structuring the individual sections of a research article
- Writing a literature review
Scientific publishing
- Journal selection criteria
- Overview of the peer-review process
- Writing a letter to editor
- Responding to reviewer comments
- Effective collaboration with co-authors
- Open science & emerging alternatives to traditional publishing
Lab book & good scientific practice
- What is a laboratory notebook
- Legal aspects
- Best lab book practices
- Selecting the right medium: paper vs. electronic
- Electronic lab book: overview of different formats
- Lab book & open science
- Lab book & writing skills development
Writing a successful PhD proposal
- Overview of the application & selection processes
- Elements & structure of a successful research proposal
- Developing a timeline to prepare the application
- Efficient writing strategies