I decided to take the Write Up Your Paper course as a suggestion from my advisor, in order to finally finish a paper I started to write a long time ago.

Initially, I didn’t think it would help me much, because I’ve already published two articles and I thought I already knew enough about how to structure and write a scientific article. For me, the biggest problem was being able to stop doing all the other things I have to do and have time to dedicate myself solely to writing. I also needed to gain motivation because this article had long pauses, which made me feel discouraged and guilty.

The Write Up Your Paper course was an excellent surprise.

On the one hand, I was able to improve my writing skills, and there were new techniques I learned about both preparing, writing, editing and publishing a scientific article.

But mainly, what was surprising for me, was realizing that it’s hard to have that dedicated time to write, but that it’s possible to fit that time into our daily routine. I managed to create a new daily writing routine, in which I made little progress each day, which gives me motivation and energy to finally finish this paper. And I stopped feeling guilty, which was really important. Thank you Martina!

So, no matter if this is your first paper or if you have already published other papers, this course gives you great tools to improve your skills and bring that difficult paper back to life!

Before this course, I had extensive experience with scientific writing (papers, research proposals, applications, etc.) and yet struggled every single time with the whole writing process, from the fear of a clean slate at the beginning to a frustrating feeling that everything should be rewritten right before submission. I wanted to learn ready-to-use recipes on how to write an interesting, easy-to-read text and, simultaneously, to enjoy this process. If you have similar challenges and expectations, then this course is exactly what you are looking for.
During the course, I have found answers to all of my questions about scientific writing and learned many new techniques on how to improve the quality of a text and organize the writing process efficiently. This course is unique in terms of the balance between lectures and tutorials that is indispensable for successfully mastering writing skills.
The biggest achievement for me is that I felt surprisingly fast in love with the writing process and since then it even became an entertaining process, after many years of struggles. In addition to my internal satisfaction, the acquired writing skills have also helped me reach my research goals: within half a year after the course, I published two papers in reputable journals belonging to the top ten in my research field!
I strongly recommend this course for beginning researchers, who can learn how to write appealing scientific texts, and also for experienced researchers, who can solidify their knowledge on writing and, most probably, bring it to the next level of maturity. This course will show you a path to successful writing, and it is up to you how far you can go along this path.