What writing is not writing
We are in the middle of the year but also at the end of the year. The academic term is almost done, so it is a good opportunity to reflect about what is or what is not writing. As I stumble through the year, I try to remind myself that I need to be fair in my own assessment of my own work. What is writing or what it is not.
When it comes to looking at my own achievements - it does not look like I have gotten much done. One minor revisions addressed and submitted. So, not much academic productivity and I have not pushed a boat on almost any of my article ideas, which are just piling up at the beginning of my pipeline. But I did write. I kept consistent working practice of writing weekly, meeting my own internal deadlines, binged a bit, but also kept calm, collected and tried to enjoy the ride.
I wrote two ~6000 words long research applications + two 12 000 words self-assessment documents, and rewrote one 15 000 word research application. So therefore the minor-revisions revise and resubmit perhaps was a reasonable result, and it is OK that i did not make much progress with anything else.
And I started this blog. So I really have made an effort to show up for my own writing practice and I have also gotten words on the page.
Did I do wrong kind of writing? Perhaps not, perhaps it is for me to accept that this is what my spring 2022 needed - application and assessment writing. And autumn 2022 will bring other types of writing work, which will hopefully also result in some new papers submitted and new drafts worked through the pipeline.
I wrote two ~6000 words long research applications + two 12 000 words self-assessment documents, and rewrote one 15 000 word research application. So therefore the minor-revisions revise and resubmit perhaps was a reasonable result, and it is OK that i did not make much progress with anything else.
And I started this blog. So I really have made an effort to show up for my own writing practice and I have also gotten words on the page.
Did I do wrong kind of writing? Perhaps not, perhaps it is for me to accept that this is what my spring 2022 needed - application and assessment writing. And autumn 2022 will bring other types of writing work, which will hopefully also result in some new papers submitted and new drafts worked through the pipeline.
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