Conferences as motivation to write by Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide published on 2025-01-14T15:44:03Z Committing to a conference presentation is a common way to help motivate you to make progress on a larger writing project. It can work really well but you also risk feeling worse about your project and your ability to finish it, if you end up not meeting your own goals for the presentation. In this track, I talk about how to set yourself up for success with some contingency for unexpected events that make your initial ambition no longer feasible. Read the post here: https://jovanevery.co.uk/conferences-as-motivation-to-write/ For more content like this, sign up to the monthly newsletter: https://jovanevery.co.uk/newsletter Or join the Academic Writing Studio for more in-depth content and community: https://academicwritingstudio.co.uk Support this content on KoFi here: https://ko-fi.com/jovanevery I'm no longer on Twitter but I'm on Bluesky here: https://bsky.app/profile/jovanevery.bsky.social Find me on Linked In here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jovanevery/ Or follow along on Facebook here: https://facebook.com/JoVEAcademicCareerCoach Genre Podcast