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The Academic Writing Coach

Hi, I'm Dr. Erin Schleiden! My newsletter shares actionable writing tips, tricks, and resources that help graduate and doctoral students improve their academic writing skills and (finally!) finish those BIG writing projects.

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Writing Challenge

I’m currently in the middle of a blog writing challenge. It’s a lot of words. A lot of staring at the computer screen. A lot of brain fatigue and wondering why I decided to sign up for this (of my own free will!). …But am I making more progress on posts for 2025 than I ever would have otherwise? Absolutely. Brain fatigue aside, I’d honestly forgotten how much I enjoy writing challenges. In my doctoral program, I used to complete a challenge about once a year—typically around the end of a...

Good morning, Reader! It's true. I love/hate Grammarly. In one sense, Grammarly is one of the most valuable tools I have in my writing toolkit. When I'm reading over my own work, for example, it can be easy to initially miss errors like minor typos or incorrect punctuation. Grammarly, bless its helpful heart, caught several mistakes even as I was drafting this email (thanks, pal). This saves me quite a bit of editing time. Grammarly also sends me weekly emails with updates about my writing...