For those who want social support and accountability for writing during difficult times. Very simple:
1. Every weekday AM, post specific, measurable, and achievable writing goal(s) for the day (no "work on paper", something more like "draft first two paragraphs of discussion section").
2. Do that writing task for at least 30 minutes during the day
3. Check in with your progress at the end of the day.
We have a few days before we start, I suggest revisiting your goals for the term and rejiggering to make a new plan given that the old one is likely pretty unrealistic at this point (I badly need to do this and have been avoiding it, so that will be on my list for Monday). Maybe just make a plan for April if longer out seems overwhelming right now. Post your plan here if you like.
Ideas for making a good term plan here: https://sarneckalab.blogspot.com/2018/07/writing-workshop-chapter-2.html (https://sarneckalab.blogspot.com/2018/07/writing-workshop-chapter-2.html)
I look forward to writing with you all and cheering everyone on!
Ugh.
Thank you, I need this.
I'm in!
Thanks Puget!
Thank you for starting this thread.
I'm sorta in, but I'll do better if I post my tomorrow goal before I go to bed instead of a today goal when I get up, since part of the problem is getting up and looking at things that are not writing. Sorry for violating the rules. I also post Friday haiku on random other days.
My tomorrow goal is small: to fix the end of the section of my book intro that I'm working on right now. It is just a few very very snarled up paragraphs, but I won't have much time and I will feel lovely and relieved if I can get them done.
(This is not the place to whine about the rest of what I must do tomorrow to be ready to teach on Monday...)
I'm in. Going to work on a plan of battle. As I typically write early in the AM and do my analysis later, I'll post first thing and probably have something measurable early. In the meantime, going to try and tie off the last part of one of these papers tomorrow (two paragraphs to edit/rewrite), and finish a new short paragraph reviewing literature on another, so I don't have to have these two papers on the April list.
Quote from: hungry_ghost on March 28, 2020, 09:05:13 PM
Thank you for starting this thread.
I'm sorta in, but I'll do better if I post my tomorrow goal before I go to bed instead of a today goal when I get up, since part of the problem is getting up and looking at things that are not writing. Sorry for violating the rules. I also post Friday haiku on random other days.
Totally fine, whatever works for you! There are no rules, just suggestions.
Quote from: hungry_ghost on March 28, 2020, 09:05:13 PM
My tomorrow goal is small: to fix the end of the section of my book intro that I'm working on right now. It is just a few very very snarled up paragraphs, but I won't have much time and I will feel lovely and relieved if I can get them done.
I did this, sort of, but it resulted in a "loose idea" that is important but could go a lot of different places. Tomorrow is a hell day. I will take 10 minutes to consider organization. Tuesday I'll get more done!
Quote from: hungry_ghost on March 29, 2020, 09:41:42 PM
Quote from: hungry_ghost on March 28, 2020, 09:05:13 PM
My tomorrow goal is small: to fix the end of the section of my book intro that I'm working on right now. It is just a few very very snarled up paragraphs, but I won't have much time and I will feel lovely and relieved if I can get them done.
I did this, sort of, but it resulted in a "loose idea" that is important but could go a lot of different places. Tomorrow is a hell day. I will take 10 minutes to consider organization. Tuesday I'll get more done!
Am I all alone?
(did my 10 minutes, tomorrow will be awesome!)
No, not alone.
Some of us lurkers on this thread are rooting for you!
M.
Not alone-- it's just the April writing challenge, so I'm sure others will join in tomorrow (I will). Trying to get my term plan reorganized first.
Been editing. Almost done with draft. May add in some Foucault but trying to keep the word count under 6K. Want to get this out the door for my own sense of forward momentum and accomplishment. Then on to the book project!
Go team!
I will think more today about what needs to happen on my end to get this article out the door and submitted in the next 3-4 weeks. I look forward to joining you tomorrow (and for the rest of April)!
Got started on my literature review for a project proposal that I am writing.
Thanks for starting the challenge, this will be helpful!
I'm up and about, was just waiting for the month to begin.
This week has quickly been eaten by more meetings than I could possibly believe, however that's no excuse, I still have time each morning (preferred writing time) so will be kicking things off for Day 1. Plan for the first day is to start writing a new proposal I'm leading on a new idea, and/or write a paragraph that a colleague asked me to help with for a manuscript I'm coauthoring. Would normally go the paper route, but I have some analysis to do before I can spend some time there and want to make a strong start. I'm going to go for the 30 minutes route, rather than words, as that's usually enough time for me to do a bit more in first draft.
My goal for today:
Figure out how to make parallel script running work.
- Minimum goal: on a baby toy script
- Ideal goal: on my actual script
- Stretch goal: send the whole task off to the high-performance computer cluster
OK here we go, Day 1!
Writing goals for today:
1. Grad student #1 overdue R&R: Comments/edits on revised discussion section and cover letter, help her cut down back to word limit, submit.
2. Grad student #2 R&R: comments/edits on revised full draft and cover letter
I'm going to do these first today, before grading takes over.
What are your (specific, achievable) writing goals for today?
Quote from: ergative on April 01, 2020, 03:01:18 AM
My goal for today:
Figure out how to make parallel script running work.
Minimum goal: on a baby toy script- Ideal goal: on my actual script ---currently running now! Computer fan is whirring loudly, so certainly it's doing *something*
- Stretch goal: send the whole task off to the high-performance computer cluster
So success this morning.
write a section that a colleague asked me to help with for a manuscript I'm coauthoring
734 words later, and 3 paragraphs in 45 minutes, and its reading pretty well.
For the rest of the day, I'm working toward clearing the decks of a proposal review, a paper review and starting to edit the 12 writing intensive 10 page drafts my students submitted before I get consumed by meetings for the afternoon.
In a happy side note, my partner is a Ph.D. student working on her proposal, and has decided to join us. She's working towards her first of 3 aims and managed to put together 369 words in a couple of paragraphs.
Good luck to all on their goals. Will post my morning plans tomorrow for Day 2.
Quote from: Puget on April 01, 2020, 06:19:40 AM
What are your (specific, achievable) writing goals for today?
Today I will
- rewrite the entire introduction to my book
- compose a sh!tty rough draft of the conclusion
- read all of the chapters and make a list of what revisions will be required for each
- make all the "text boxes" for chapters 1, 2, and 3
LOL
In fact, today I'll do the next section of my intro. I plan to work on it for 90 minutes.
But today is April fool's day, as you should realize if you hover over the LOL in my earlier post.
I finished my task! It is now running away happily on the hpc cluster (my first such job!) and I am learning to my dismay that cpu time can go faster than real-world time, which means that the estimated amount of processing time I requested may not be enough for the task. On the other hand, this also makes clear the distinction between cpu time and wall time that I was puzzling over.
Knowledge!
- Write the first 200 words of contribution to an edited collection.
It's rather modest, but it's a creative piece (for a public-facing book), and I'm not in a creative discipline, so it's harder and I'm rusty.
Plus, there's a ton of grading and other teaching work waiting for me.
I will read through my introductory chapter and make a reverse outline to see where the organization could be clearer.
Quote from: Puget on April 01, 2020, 06:19:40 AM
OK here we go, Day 1!
Writing goals for today:
1. Grad student #1 overdue R&R: Comments/edits on revised discussion section and cover letter, help her cut down back to word limit, submit.
2. Grad student #2 R&R: comments/edits on revised full draft and cover letter
I'm going to do these first today, before grading takes over.
What are your (specific, achievable) writing goals for today?
Complete one Spanish lab for my class I am actually taking.
Today, I will continue to work on my literature review/research proposal.
I will search for new articles (30 minutes)
and write prepare a rough outline of my research proposal (30 minutes).
I did not do all those April Fool's list tasks but I did do 90 minutes on my intro. It went slower than expected, so I didn't get as much ground covered as I'd hoped, but I solved a knotty problem.
Quote from: hungry_ghost on April 01, 2020, 07:31:46 AM
In fact, today I'll do the next section of my intro. I plan to work on it for 90 minutes.
ALSO:
Quote from: Morden on April 01, 2020, 09:29:32 AM
I will read through my introductory chapter and make a reverse outline to see where the organization could be clearer.
I did this last week and this process not only improved my organization, but inspired an epiphany about connections across certain sections in my intro that will dramatically improve my entire book! Let us know how it goes!
(Said epiphany will also prevent me from achieving my self-imposed deadline but I think The Virus has already done that for me anyhow. This book clearly needs to "cook" a little longer anyhow.)
Today, I will ...
Write two article reviews (deadline: today -- eep!)
Anything else is gravy, once my online course involvement for the day is done.
I appreciate this! Today I will continue working on my revisions to a manuscript expected by a journal next week, as no adjustments to deadlines have occurred since the pandemic started. I need to hurry myself along...
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on April 01, 2020, 09:08:28 AM
Write the first 200 words of contribution to an edited collection.
I wrote 520 words and made myself a flow chart to organize and keep track of all the very complicated moving parts. That'll do!
Now, for the stupid grading and stuff.
Quote from: att_mtt on April 01, 2020, 10:49:03 AM
Today, I will continue to work on my literature review/research proposal.
I will search for new articles (30 minutes)
and write prepare a rough outline of my research proposal (30 minutes).
Done.
Quote from: Morden on April 01, 2020, 09:29:32 AM
I will read through my introductory chapter and make a reverse outline to see where the organization could be clearer.
This writing challenge helped me refocus today when I got distracted by other stuff to do--so thank you Puget for setting this up. I completed my reverse outline and saw a couple places where I can make the introduction clearer right away, but I also saw a couple nasty knots. Tomorrow I will work on making the easier changes and hope for an epiphany.
My goal today was to revise a major section of the article I wish to send out in the next month. I find myself not having done this yet, but am trying to motivate myself by reading some of my recently published works. I think I can still finish the original goal for the day now.
Great to see so much writing happening today! Everyone is off to a great start. My writing day was VERY long, because grad student #1's draft was VERY OVER THE WORD LIMIT. After many cutting efforts I got it down so it is just 66 words over and sent it back to her-- she's going to have to find those last 66 words herself, as I am going to bed. On the plus side grad student #2's paper is ready to be resubmitted.
Quote from: Puget on April 01, 2020, 06:19:40 AM
OK here we go, Day 1!
Writing goals for today:
1. Grad student #1 overdue R&R: Comments/edits on revised discussion section and cover letter, help her cut down back to word limit [almost!], submit.
2. Grad student #2 R&R: comments/edits on revised full draft and cover letter
I'm going to do these first today, before grading takes over.
What are your (specific, achievable) writing goals for today?
So about to get started with the writing assignment this morning - 30 minutes towards a new proposal I'm working on.
Finish a review that's due - next 30-1hr
Last round of big meetings today will bite into this, but here goes:
1. Write out final guides for freshpeeps for how to get out of their course. It's like writing a technical manual, I tells ya.
2. 20 minutes on invited lecture.
3. Grade until my eyes bleed. There is no screen time, now; only time.
Onward, all!
Quote from: JCu16 on April 02, 2020, 05:24:40 AM
So about to get started with the writing assignment this morning - 30 minutes towards a new proposal I'm working on.
Finish a review that's due - next 30-1hr
Seems like I'm pretty consistent for the writing. 730 words down toward the above proposal, laid out a nice framework and the initial concepts which will get us moving on it (Due in June). My co-writer is moving well on her proposal, and added another 383. We are both finding this thread a substantial motivation. Need to find a way to get stuff done today so I have plenty to write about tomorrow, but the meeting monster threatens.
Good morning fellow writers!
Grad student who's overdue R&R I worked on till late last night did submit early this AM, so that's finally done! (And yes, we have worked on her time management for the past 3 years. . .)
Today's writing task: Comment/edit Grad student #3's article draft.
I think it's actually possible all three grad students will have submitted papers by early next week!
Quote from: Puget on April 02, 2020, 06:23:15 AM
Good morning fellow writers!
Grad student who's overdue R&R I worked on till late last night did submit early this AM, so that's finally done! (And yes, we have worked on her time management for the past 3 years. . .)
Today's writing task: Comment/edit Grad student #3's article draft.
I think it's actually possible all three grad students will have submitted papers by early next week!
Dangum, that's an awesome start to a month. Nice work. Any chance you'd be willing to share the coordinate to the universe where you can find graduate students like that? I'm looking for one at the moment ;).
Today:
- Another 200 words on the weird chapter.
Still
very modest because I have infinite marking to do, and many more teaching-related things. And a virtual colloquium talk to attend.
Today:
-collecting more papers (30 minutes) for literature review
-elaborate on introduction paragraph in literature review (30 minutes)
I'm late today because of giant zoom meeting, but I will start reorganizing introduction (after lunch).
Late start and early-ish finish, but I'm stuck again. I managed to make the first bits better and get an old-fashioned essay map in there, but it's really clunky.
Quote from: att_mtt on April 02, 2020, 10:14:45 AM
Today:
-collecting more papers (30 minutes) for literature review
-elaborate on introduction paragraph in literature review (30 minutes)
not a lot, but done. Yay, the challenge might be working.
Quote from: JCu16 on April 02, 2020, 06:37:35 AM
Quote from: Puget on April 02, 2020, 06:23:15 AM
Good morning fellow writers!
Grad student who's overdue R&R I worked on till late last night did submit early this AM, so that's finally done! (And yes, we have worked on her time management for the past 3 years. . .)
Today's writing task: Comment/edit Grad student #3's article draft.
I think it's actually possible all three grad students will have submitted papers by early next week!
Dangum, that's an awesome start to a month. Nice work. Any chance you'd be willing to share the coordinate to the universe where you can find graduate students like that? I'm looking for one at the moment ;).
Done!
JCu16, I didn't say how long they had been working on said papers ;-). All in all though, you are right, they are awesome and I'm damn proud of how well they've been navigating suddenly not being able to work in the lab and run their studies. They worked super hard over the past two weeks to get a new online covid-focused study up and running and we started data collection today!
So glad to see so many goals being met again today! Keep it up everyone, one step at a time is how the writing happens!
Nice work, friends! You guys are an inspiration!
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on April 02, 2020, 09:31:03 AM
Today:
Another 200 words on the weird chapter.
245. I was hoping for more, but had to take a cat to the vet (he seems better, but we'll see if he needs a follow-up visit in the morning), and that sort of scuppered most of my plans.
Back to marking essays!
Quote from: att_mtt on April 02, 2020, 03:30:16 PM
not a lot, but done. Yay, the challenge might be working.
Definitely. I only bothered to do anything today because I'd already posted that I would!
Edited. Read an article and lifted two quotes---not sure exactly what I will say about them.
Very close to finishing. Fell asleep on the couch watching reruns of The Office, however.
Trying to stay away from redundant and pointless debates on the new Fora to spend more time on writing and grading. Did not succeed.
It has got to that point. I'm going to have to finish writing a review for a proposal, as it really needs to be done this morning. Still counts as writing I guess.
Good morning fellow writers! A wet, grey day here, but I have strong coffee.
Today's goal: Finally go back to the collaborative preregistration that has been back-burnered for months, figure out where we left off, and try to finish the remaining bits I can, flag any remaining issues for collaborators, and check in with them.
I'm a little leery of doing this, but... I'ma double my goal for today:
- Write 400 words of chapter.
Snow day here! Nice to be home and not out in it - will work on adding that new section after reading through the various sources I hunted down yesterday. 300 words by 5 PM.
Good luck all!
Shoot. Another late start for me because I had to go back to campus and collect anything I might need for foreseeable future. We're going into complete lockdown at end of day today.
Today's writing goal then will be to look at next subsection of introduction and try to make organizational changes.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on April 03, 2020, 09:17:24 AM
I'm a little leery of doing this, but... I'ma double my goal for today:
- Write 400 words of chapter.
411 words, and I'm pretty pleased with how they've turned out, actually. It's starting to look like I might just be able to pull this crazy thing off!
Now, back to all my teaching-related tasks. Sigh.
Way to go, Parasaurolophus! I spent my time, but not very successful today.
Yesterday was a wash.
Today I revised the next subsection of the introduction. I got it done but spent far too long doing it.
For tonight:
- Re-read the next subsection and think.
For tomorrow:
Revise the next section. This might take 2 days.
Quote from: JCu16 on April 03, 2020, 06:00:10 AM
It has got to that point. I'm going to have to finish writing a review for a proposal, as it really needs to be done this morning. Still counts as writing I guess.
Six pages of review later, can conclude that one is now done. Thank goodness.
Another day, another check in and sticking to the schedule, even if it is a weekend.
Working on a new manuscript, and managed 350 words during the half hour this morning (writing up statistical methods takes a little longer).
Wife managed her all time best so far, 515 words towards a paper.
We've both made significant progress on our respective tasks this month. Hope everyone is having a great weekend.
Today I will slash away at a particular knot in my introduction (on a copy of course in case it turns out worse than before).
428 words today. Woo hoo. Good luck the next few days for everyone. I won't be able to rejoin until later in the week.
About 300 words today. Had the goal of definitely finishing the article today, but meaning is eluding me on one crucial step. Try to sew it up tomorrow.
Go team!
Good morning writers!
I completely failed to do my writing task on Friday (got derailed by endless Zoom meetings and grading), but I'm going to get back on track with it today!
Today's goal: Spend at least 30 min. on the long-neglected collaborative pre-registration
Today's Goal: Write 30 minutes of the results towards the current paper of focus.
Today's Goal: Write 30 minutes of the results towards the current paper of focus.
Mission completed for the day, and finding this seriously productive. 696 words towards the results of this paper - making solid progress.
Wife worked towards a couple of writing tasks (paper and proposal), logging 485 words.
Another Monday, another goal.
Modest again, because there's a ton of teaching stuff to do today:
- 200 words of the chapter, which ought to finish up a section.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on April 06, 2020, 07:27:39 AM
Another Monday, another goal.
Modest again, because there's a ton of teaching stuff to do today:
200 words of the chapter, which ought to finish up a section.
422 words. There will have to be a cull when I'm done with this bugger.
Quote from: Puget on April 06, 2020, 06:17:48 AM
Good morning writers!
I completely failed to do my writing task on Friday (got derailed by endless Zoom meetings and grading), but I'm going to get back on track with it today!
Today's goal: Spend at least 30 min. on the long-neglected collaborative pre-registration
Spent more than 30 min., though I didn't get as far as I had hoped. Will work on it again tomorrow.
A busy day of Zoom meetings today, so I will set the modest goal of another 30 min. of working on the preregistration, but with the stretch goal of finishing the intro revisions.
Busy day here too, so:
- 200 words, which ought to finish another section
Good afternoon, all!
Today I must finish a grant application and a job application. I'm hoping that posting here will provide added motivation.
So didn't post my goal, but managed to find 30 minutes to write this afternoon. Managed to scrape out 250 words on a new article and on a proposal, but really couldn't find my flow, plus burnt out from teaching.
Quote from: hungry_ghost on April 03, 2020, 05:16:24 PM
Yesterday was a wash.
Today I revised the next subsection of the introduction. I got it done but spent far too long doing it.
For tonight:
Re-read the next subsection and think.
I got this done then someone I liked a lot (but didn't know well) died. I was upset so I didn't write for a few days. But I want to finish this book, a lot of people are dying, and what if I'm next? Plus writing is a good escape from thinking about politics, plague, and pestilence. So I got back to work today. Morbid, I know.
Anyhow, at last I did this (again, spending far too long on it, hard to focus):
Quote
Revise the next section. This might take 2 days.
Tomorrow, I'll move on to tackle the next section. It is 3200 words of fluffy mess, hope to work through and reduce at least the first part (1200 words) and sketch out a plan for dealing with the second part.
Stay healthy everyone and keep writing.
Today I must finish a grant application and a job application.
I didn't think I would make it, but then I realized that the job application was due tonight--so now that is finished, and I am going to proofread the grant application tomorrow.
My spouse works in a medical-related field and has just gotten a new job, so we will be moving this coming weekend to a temporary house near that position. After the move, I think I'll be able to establish a better routine.
I'm so sorry for your loss, hungry_ghost.
AR.
Likewise sorry for your loss, hungry_ghost! Be gentle with yourself if you are not being very productive for a while.
Quote from: Puget on April 07, 2020, 06:58:19 AM
A busy day of Zoom meetings today, so I will set the modest goal of another 30 min. of working on the preregistration, but with the stretch goal of finishing the intro revisions.
Didn't quite make the stretch goal, but I'm pretty close. Goal for tomorrow is to finish the intro and do at least 30 min. on the methods and analysis plan. Stretch goal is to finish those and request co-authors give final input before we preregister.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on April 07, 2020, 07:02:16 AM
Busy day here too, so:
200 words, which ought to finish another section
Juuuuuust barely. Too many interferences today.
My condolences, hungry_ghost.
Morning All,
Getting started with a response to reviews I need to get done, going to spend 30 minutes hashing out the rough.
Quote from: JCu16 on April 08, 2020, 05:13:20 AM
Morning All,
Getting started with a response to reviews I need to get done, going to spend 30 minutes hashing out the rough.
Rough response done. A rather bizarre and privileged reviewer provided some entertainment, but managed to get 700 words together.
I didn't manage to do much yesterday, so most of yesterday's stuff carries over to today. So, modestly once more:
- 200 words/finish 1 section of Chapter
I am a bit late but after last minute measurements before lab shutdown today, today I will add the new material & methods part to my revise & resubmit paper.
Quote from: Puget on April 07, 2020, 07:52:23 PM
Likewise sorry for your loss, hungry_ghost! Be gentle with yourself if you are not being very productive for a while.
Quote from: Puget on April 07, 2020, 06:58:19 AM
A busy day of Zoom meetings today, so I will set the modest goal of another 30 min. of working on the preregistration, but with the stretch goal of finishing the intro revisions.
Didn't quite make the stretch goal, but I'm pretty close. Goal for tomorrow is to finish the intro and do at least 30 min. on the methods and analysis plan. Stretch goal is to finish those and request co-authors give final input before we preregister.
Finished intro and spend some time reading and thinking about technical aspects of the analysis plan. I'm going to take the next few days off for passover and be back at it after that. Happy writing all!
Quote from: hungry_ghost on April 07, 2020, 04:07:05 PM
Tomorrow, I'll move on to tackle the next section. It is 3200 words of fluffy mess, hope to work through and reduce at least the first part (1200 words) and sketch out a plan for dealing with the second part.
Didn't get as much done as I'd hoped--about halfway through the first part--but I figured out what I need to do to fix it, and I should be able to make some headway tomorrow.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on April 08, 2020, 09:58:14 AM
I didn't manage to do much yesterday, so most of yesterday's stuff carries over to today. So, modestly once more:
200 words/finish 1 section of Chapter
444 words!
Quote from: att_mtt on April 08, 2020, 11:50:40 AM
I am a bit late but after last minute measurements before lab shutdown today, today I will add the new material & methods part to my revise & resubmit paper.
I actually did that yesterday, just forgot to update the thread here. Yay.
Goal for today:
Finish two figures for the result part + integrate the new results into the description of the result.
Great work everyone. Today I will try to remember where I was the last time I worked on the manuscript, and hopefully I will set up the next section.
Quote from: att_mtt on April 09, 2020, 08:37:41 AM
Quote from: att_mtt on April 08, 2020, 11:50:40 AM
I am a bit late but after last minute measurements before lab shutdown today, today I will add the new material & methods part to my revise & resubmit paper.
I actually did that yesterday, just forgot to update the thread here. Yay.
Goal for today:
Finish two figures for the result part + integrate the new results into the description of the result.
Finished the two figures and integrated parts into the manuscript text. Also fixed several things that reviewers had commented on.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on April 09, 2020, 06:49:43 AM
Today:
Done, but it took 905 words. After tomorrow I'm gonna have to start setting word-cutting goals, because I'm
way over where I need to be.
Today:
- Finish the last section of this chapter.
Today: Touch up on figures + integrate reviewers comments and restructure the results part
Forgot to check in at end of day yesterday. Yesterday's goals met. Today I will try to set up next section of intro.
Not successful today. Maybe tomorrow.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on April 10, 2020, 08:28:57 AM
Today:
Finish the last section of this chapter.
Done, and then some. But holy moly, do I ever need to do some cutting!
Failed to succeed yesterday, but today had to write up a page panel summary for a project, so going to call that success. Wife also succeeded today with a 30 minute stint writing, so making progress.
Almost to the bottom of my grading pile (how do English professors handle reading so many papers - 10 of these 12 pages and I'm struggling), so looking forward to making some progress over the next few days until the deluge begins again.
Removed 300 or so words (a tangent) and reworked the idea in about 200 words. Still not done though. A little desperate to finish the article, which is not always a good way to generate quality material.
English profs simply plow through grading. We get good at reading quickly and deciphering issues quickly.
Goal today is to read and edit 3 manuscripts I have from coauthors, and spend 30 minutes writing on the topic of choice.
I've already got through 1 of the manuscripts, 2 left to do.
I had a great writing day today, but I've had a hard time staying on it every single day. Yet clearly this is what I need to do.
I usually write at home and do teaching tasks in my office, but somehow not going anywhere has really thrown me off. So I'm going to try a slightly different version of this challenge.
My plan for the week (measuring minutes instead of words since I'm at the revising, cutting, and reorganizing stage):
- Monday: 20 minutes on a timer, before noon
- Tuesday: 60 minutes on a timer
- Wednesday: 60 minutes on a timer
- Thursday: 45 minutes on a timer, before 1pm
- Friday: 45 minutes on a timer + plot the weekend
Was unsuccessful in finishing another of the manuscripts, but got about halfway there. Writing goal for today is to add another 30 minutes of effort into either a proposal or a paper. Overall goal is to knock off another one of these coauthor manuscripts.
Good morning writers! I'm back from my Passover mini-break and feeling refreshed.
Today's goal:
Finally finish up collaborative preregistration (some technical bits of methods section left, which will take a bit of research to finalize) and ping co-authors to take a look.
In good news, R&R we resubmitted on the 6th was accepted on the 10th with no further revisions (editor must have approved it without sending back out to reviewers, which we weren't sure would be the case). I'm especially pleased with this one because it started as an honors thesis and the kick-ass former honors student who will probably be applying to PhD programs this year and my senior grad student are co-first on it, so a nice CV addition for both of them.
Quote from: hungry_ghost on April 12, 2020, 06:46:12 PM
My plan for the week (measuring minutes instead of words since I'm at the revising, cutting, and reorganizing stage):
Monday: 20 minutes on a timer, before noon- Tuesday: 60 minutes on a timer
- Wednesday: 60 minutes on a timer
- Thursday: 45 minutes on a timer, before 1pm
- Friday: 45 minutes on a timer + plot the weekend
Good luck everyone!
Congrats Puget! Today I will hopefully have more success reworking the next section of the intro, but before I get there, I have to do a bunch of housekeeping emails for a different research project--hopefully that counts as writing too.
Just finished with my Friday goal, haha.
Oh well. Today's goal: 1 more figure (requires data analyses) and incorporating it into the results section.
Also, plan future steps in order to resubmit this beast in two weeks...
Wow, that was fast, Puget! Congratulations!
For today:
Quote from: att_mtt on April 13, 2020, 11:01:23 AM
Just finished with my Friday goal, haha.
Oh well. Today's goal: 1 more figure (requires data analyses) and incorporating it into the results section.
Also, plan future steps in order to resubmit this beast in two weeks...
Finished this. Yay! This is definitely helping...
OK. I finished up one section and have been stymied for the next for a while now. Starting tomorrow I will try a radical slashing and reorg. to see if that helps.
I feel badly about not checking in here, but my coauthor and I submitted our revised manuscript last Friday, meeting the deadline which was not extended. I have a soft deadline this week that I made a lot of progress on today. One of my recent publications was selected to be featured in a practitioner newsletter, which is actually a really big deal in my field. It basically means the implications from my research could have immediate impact because anyone who has the power to implement my suggestions will read about it in plain language! My coauthors and I just have to cut it down to something shorter without citations and consider our audience. It is the most public/widely read my work might ever be, and I am so excited about it! That is good motivation to finish it as soon as we can!
PS-I finished a review for a journal today too, woohoo!
Quote from: JCu16 on April 13, 2020, 06:33:51 AM
Was unsuccessful in finishing another of the manuscripts, but got about halfway there. Writing goal for today is to add another 30 minutes of effort into either a proposal or a paper. Overall goal is to knock off another one of these coauthor manuscripts.
Didn't make quite through that manuscript as it needed significant attention - ended up being a significant amount of rewriting. Hoping to finish it in the morning. Didn't get a chance to do my own writing as teaching responsibilities crept up.
Todays goal:
-make additional figures (30-40 min)
-start rewriting the result section (30 min)
Today:
Gotta cut this thing back down to size!
Stalled out a bit. Close to finishing but that last theoretical bit needs more research and I've hit a brick wall. Tired of staring at it. So, a couple weeks break. Read some more stuff on topic.
Now! Back to the book prospectus. 200 words and edit the intro: tonight's goal.
Cutting is harder than writing. Congratulations to all for your great success murdering your darlings.
Quote from: hungry_ghost on April 12, 2020, 06:46:12 PM
My plan for the week (measuring minutes instead of words since I'm at the revising, cutting, and reorganizing stage):
Monday: 20 minutes on a timer, before noonTuesday: 60 minutes on a timer - Wednesday: 60 minutes on a timer, before noon
- Thursday: 45 minutes on a timer, before 1pm
- Friday: 45 minutes on a timer + plot the weekend
I am not an early riser. I will never be one of those people who arises at 5am to write, but I'm still more efficient and get more done and feel happier if I write before noon. A morning meeting was canceled so hopefully I can write tomorrow morning.
This afternoon I spent 2 hours doing 60 minutes. One reason it took so long is I spent time searching for 2 books, which I must look at and cite. I found one but not the other. It is HUGE (folio size) and 2 volumes, and it is in this room with me. But I cannot find it. This is simply absurd.
Quote from: att_mtt on April 14, 2020, 08:55:29 AM
Todays goal:
-make additional figures (30-40 min)
-start rewriting the result section (30 min)
Additional figures - check
rewriting - did not happen
:D I try tomorrow again.
Thanks everybody!
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on April 14, 2020, 09:31:53 AM
Today:
Gotta cut this thing back down to size!
Made it, but I had to murder a darling.
Quote from: JCu16 on April 13, 2020, 09:33:57 PM
Didn't make quite through that manuscript as it needed significant attention - ended up being a significant amount of rewriting. Hoping to finish it in the morning. Didn't get a chance to do my own writing as teaching responsibilities crept up.
Success, turned that paper around. That will keep him busy while I finish the Pt2 paper.
Also managed to solve a couple of trippy bits of code that were causing me trouble for analysis, allowing me to springboard into a more productive day tomorrow, in between installing a microwave replacement.
I've been neglecting to post, but I have been working on the preregistration-- the technical bits (analysis methods) have turned out to be a lot more complicated than I initial thought (all the more reason to preregister!) so it has been taking a lot longer, but I'm optimistic about actually finishing it today.
A little more ambitious today, to celebrate the end of a pile of teaching stuff yesterday (the pile never ends, unfortunately):
- -50 words of the chapter
- proofs for an article
- 200 words on a new article (for which the inspiration hit me last night as I brushed my teeth)
Quote from: att_mtt on April 14, 2020, 04:21:07 PM
Quote from: att_mtt on April 14, 2020, 08:55:29 AM
Todays goal:
-make additional figures (30-40 min)
-start rewriting the result section (30 min)
Additional figures - check
rewriting - did not happen
:D I try tomorrow again.
Thanks everybody!
Todays goal: Rewriting results part (45 minutes)
Shortening Material & Methods (30 mins)
I am on a little bit of a high right now! Last night I found out that the study in the manuscript revision my coauthor and I submitted last week won the research award for a professional organization! Because the conference this year has been cancelled, we will be able to present it virtually (and hopefully it will be published before the end of the year too)! I am so excited! It is my coauthor's first research study too.
Now my daily goals are to work on two projects, one I have been trying to get finalized and written to submit for five years (cringe). I added a new coauthor to the project, who is providing a fresh perspective and is motivated to get published. My other project involves three former students of mine, and has been lagging. The April deadline was extended until June, so I am working a little bit on reviewing literature each day while the former students work on their parts. Here we go!
Congratulations, Darkstarrynight! That is wonderful news!
Quote from: hungry_ghost on April 12, 2020, 06:46:12 PM
My plan for the week (measuring minutes instead of words since I'm at the revising, cutting, and reorganizing stage):
Monday: 20 minutes on a timer, before noonTuesday: 60 minutes on a timer Wednesday: 60 minutes on a timer, before noon - Thursday: 45 minutes on a timer, before 1pm
- Friday: 45 minutes on a timer + plot the weekend
I started before noon, but not far enough before noon to be as focused as I would have liked. I know what I need to do next (rare clarity!) but alas, I'll be getting a pile of papers this evening and the next few days will be spent in grading jail and I will have less time.
Also, I finally found that 2-volume set, which was smaller than I remembered and also brown not red. And also not as helpful as I had hoped.
Quote from: att_mtt on April 15, 2020, 09:04:28 AM
Quote from: att_mtt on April 14, 2020, 04:21:07 PM
Quote from: att_mtt on April 14, 2020, 08:55:29 AM
Todays goal:
-make additional figures (30-40 min)
-start rewriting the result section (30 min)
Additional figures - check
rewriting - did not happen
:D I try tomorrow again.
Thanks everybody!
Todays goal: Rewriting results part (45 minutes)
Shortening Material & Methods (30 mins)
Finished. Yay!
Congrats Darkstarrynight! I love hearing people's good news.
Quote from: Puget on April 15, 2020, 07:32:55 AM
I've been neglecting to post, but I have been working on the preregistration-- the technical bits (analysis methods) have turned out to be a lot more complicated than I initial thought (all the more reason to preregister!) so it has been taking a lot longer, but I'm optimistic about actually finishing it today.
Finally finished! Turned out the answer was right there in a methods paper I had read and applied before, but didn't realize/remember could also be applied to a different type of model.
Tomorrow on to the long, long (since Nov.) neglected major R&R (not sure if it will be treated as a revision at this point I'm so late) paper that I've been feeling guilty about for all these months. The truth is, besides the pain of extensive revisions I just sort of fell off my priority list in favor of more recent and exciting papers and publishing with my students. It is a paper with left-over postdoc data, and not a current area of focus for my lab. Nonetheless, it is a paper I think should be published because to shows some things people often think are related are not strongly related, which is important information. So, tomorrow I will go back through the reviews and make notes on how to address each one, so I can start tackling them one at a time.
Quote from: darkstarrynight on April 15, 2020, 10:00:58 AM
I am on a little bit of a high right now! Last night I found out that the study in the manuscript revision my coauthor and I submitted last week won the research award for a professional organization!
Waow! Congratulations!
Quote from: Puget on April 15, 2020, 05:18:03 PM
Tomorrow on to the long, long (since Nov.) neglected major R&R (not sure if it will be treated as a revision at this point I'm so late) paper that I've been feeling guilty about for all these months. The truth is, besides the pain of extensive revisions I just sort of fell off my priority list in favor of more recent and exciting papers and publishing with my students.
Oh man, I hear you. If it's any consolation, in 2018 a paper I wrote won a major prize (which included publication in the top subfield journal). Things lagged a bit on the publication side, and in November 2019 I got comments back, along with a list of revisions. I then dragged my feet on those revisions until mid-March 2020, pretty much for the exact same reasons you cite. It felt kind of horrible to do that, but it was
sooooo freeing once I handed the revisions in!
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on April 15, 2020, 08:55:35 AM
A little more ambitious today, to celebrate the end of a pile of teaching stuff yesterday (the pile never ends, unfortunately):
-50 words of the chapterproofs for an article200 words on a new article (for which the inspiration hit me last night as I brushed my teeth)
-51 words (plus a small organizational overhaul), proofs done (ugh, it took forever), and 693 words! Whew!
Thanks for the cheers!
On the very lagging project, my new colleague pointed out to me yesterday after I posted that what I thought were completed spreadsheets of analyzed data, I had only finished "one tab" on a huge set of tabs within each sheet. I cracked up because I am that "off" lately, but at least I can attest that there is always more research and writing to do!
Long marking day ahead, but I'd like to:
- Have a last look at my chapter and maybe send it off.
- Write another 200 or so words of the new paper.
- Start working on a referee report.
Quote from: hungry_ghost on April 12, 2020, 06:46:12 PM
My plan for the week (measuring minutes instead of words since I'm at the revising, cutting, and reorganizing stage):
Monday: 20 minutes on a timer, before noonTuesday: 60 minutes on a timer Wednesday: 60 minutes on a timer, before noon Thursday: 45 minutes on a timer, before 1pm- Friday: 45 minutes on a timer + plot the weekend
Only got to do 30 minutes today, and after 5pm (so much for my "before noon" fantasy) and what I wrote was word vomit, but I did it.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on April 16, 2020, 09:32:49 AM
Long marking day ahead, but I'd like to:
Have a last look at my chapter and maybe send it off.- Write another 200 or so words of the new paper.
Start working on a referee report.
I've become tired, and have a number of further household chores to attend to, so I'm going to throw in the towel tonight. It was a very productive day and I put a large dent in my marking, so I don't mind not having worked on the new paper.
I got pulled into a last minute meeting for a grant application I'm involved in yesterday yesterday (reviews finally came and we are trying to do a revision in 2 weeks-- fun times!), and didn't end up getting to my writing task. But I did meet with another collaborator to plan a new paper, so I'm counting that as writing.
Today: at least 30 min. planning revisions on the long-neglected paper, for real this time.
- 200 words or so of new paper
- half an hour on the referee report
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on April 17, 2020, 08:58:58 AM
- 200 words or so of new paper
- half an hour on the referee report
600 words of the former, 808 of the latter. Whew!
Fell off the wagon a little this week for writing, consumed by a deluge of hundreds of emails and a number of coding tasks for student requests and research. Definitely a crazy amount of writing done though, just none of that really productive.
So far today, managed to spend a solid half hour on writing this new proposal (578 words), while the other half wrote up an idea for a new experiment (449 words).
Yesterday I had meetings for a new large fieldwork proposal where I planned out the teams, meeting with a collaborator for a paper to help finalize toward writeup, so I think those two count as well based on the Puget standard ;)
I've been doing other stuff too this week. But back at it now. Goal this morning, remember where I was and write my way into logical next section,
I had a productive day slashing my way through the introduction.
Managed to make a good start to the day with a solid 30 minute session. Net result of a page toward this newish paper (I have about 10 papers at various states of completion, hence I bounce around), hard to quantify as there was quite a bit of editing as well for this one.
Tasks for the rest of the half day:
Finish code for a graduate student.
Do some analysis for paper that just needs this one figure to be finished.
Finish a 2nd round paper review.
Work on minor revisions for a paper (a welcome smaller set after the responses to round one were no less than 40 pages!)
Quote from: JCu16 on April 19, 2020, 05:12:46 AM
Managed to make a good start to the day with a solid 30 minute session. Net result of a page toward this newish paper (I have about 10 papers at various states of completion, hence I bounce around), hard to quantify as there was quite a bit of editing as well for this one.
Tasks for the rest of the half day:
Finish code for a graduate student.
Do some analysis for paper that just needs this one figure to be finished.
Finish a 2nd round paper review.
Work on minor revisions for a paper (a welcome smaller set after the responses to round one were no less than 40 pages!)
2/4 done for the day. Shame I couldn't submit the review as the system went down, but its done, and ready to upload in the morning. Hoping to tackle the other two tomorrow.
Have to take the ferry into town today, which will be a whole thing. So I'll unambitiously say:
- 200 words of referee report
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on April 20, 2020, 09:11:41 AM
Have to take the ferry into town today, which will be a whole thing. So I'll unambitiously say:
200 words of referee report
791. Off I go!
Quote from: hungry_ghost on April 12, 2020, 06:46:12 PM
My plan for the week (measuring minutes instead of words since I'm at the revising, cutting, and reorganizing stage):
Monday: 20 minutes on a timer, before noonTuesday: 60 minutes on a timer Wednesday: 60 minutes on a timer, before noon Thursday: 45 minutes on a timer, before 1pmFriday: 45 minutes on a timer + plot the weekend
Did not get to plot the weekend, which was spent in grading jail.
Now, for the coming week:
- Monday: 20 minutes of planning in the evening
- Tuesday: 60 minutes on a timer, before 2pm
- Wednesday: 60 minutes on a timer, before noon
- Thursday: 60 minutes on a timer, before noon*
- Friday: 2 hours! + plot the weekend
*Thursday: unless I am unable to talk my way out of stupid meeting, in which case it will be after noon
Today, I'll try to work on the referee report for a couple hours, or finish it. Whichever comes first.
Today:
rewrite my introduction
To do so, read 4 different papers to get a better overview
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on April 21, 2020, 10:22:45 AM
Today, I'll try to work on the referee report for a couple hours, or finish it. Whichever comes first.
Done, and discovered that I reached the same verdict as R2 (R&R), for the same reasons. I love it when that happens.
Quote from: att_mtt on April 21, 2020, 10:25:32 AM
Today:
rewrite my introduction
To do so, read 4 different papers to get a better overview
Done.
Now I will have to check what I wrote tomorrow and hopefully still like it :D
I keep forgetting to post, but I did finally break my resistance to the long neglected paper and started plotting out the revisions. Not as much progress as I was hoping for with end of semester stuff, but getting started was big psychologically for me.
For tomorrow:
Almost final edits on grad student #3's paper
At least 30 min. plotting out revisions on long neglected paper
Quote from: hungry_ghost on April 20, 2020, 11:14:39 AM
- Monday: 20 minutes of planning in the evening
Tuesday: 60 minutes on a timer, before 2pm - Wednesday: 60 minutes on a timer, before noon
- Thursday: 60 minutes on a timer, before noon*
- Friday: 2 hours! + plot the weekend
*Thursday: unless I am unable to talk my way out of stupid meeting, in which case it will be after noon
Monday did not happen.
Tuesday: done but with interruptions
Wednesday: still in grading jail, but perhaps this afternoon?
tomorrow's meeting may be off! then I can catch up
I've gotta go to grading jail myself today, so I'll be happy if I get a few hundred words in on New Paper 1.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on April 22, 2020, 09:24:42 AM
I've gotta go to grading jail myself today, so I'll be happy if I get a few hundred words in on New Paper 1.
Done. And I've been paroled, too.
Quote from: Puget on April 21, 2020, 06:34:44 PM
Almost final edits on grad student #3's paper
At least 30 min. plotting out revisions on long neglected paper
Met both these goals yesterday. Today is a heavy meeting/teaching day, but I'm going to do at least another 30 min on long neglected paper.
Yet more grading needs doing, and other things. So, modestly:
Good news--book got accepted! Now, I really do have to finish revising that intro. Today's goal is to push through next section (approx. 600 words to rework).
Yeah! Congrats on the books! That's awesome.
I am finished with my writing goals for today as well, paper revision finished (for now).
Quote from: Morden on April 23, 2020, 09:25:37 AM
Good news--book got accepted! Now, I really do have to finish revising that intro. Today's goal is to push through next section (approx. 600 words to rework).
Fantastic, congratulations!
For my part:
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on April 23, 2020, 08:56:13 AM
357, and done. Unfortunately, in the process I also discovered that I'd meant to write three other papers for nearing deadlines!
Forgot to check out yesterday--work completed on that part.
and forgot to check in today but completed that goal too--revisions on a different paper.
Congrats Mordan on the book acceptance! Hope you find a way to celebrate this weekend!
Quote from: Puget on April 23, 2020, 06:47:33 AM
Quote from: Puget on April 21, 2020, 06:34:44 PM
Almost final edits on grad student #3's paper
At least 30 min. plotting out revisions on long neglected paper
Met both these goals yesterday. Today is a heavy meeting/teaching day, but I'm going to do at least another 30 min on long neglected paper.
If flaked on this yesterday, in part because of some unexpected tasks that got dropped on me, in part because of continued resistance. But I got back on course today and did a solid hour. I'm now through mapping out responses to the editor and reviewer 1. I now have the harder task left of dealing with the dreaded reviewer 2.
I don't know if it will be possible, but I'd really like to finish up this month with this paper finally resubmitted. I'm at least going to try to get close.
Today's a day devoted to all of my ancillary marking, minus last-minute stragglers, so I'll be modest again and hope to exceed the goal:
- An hour's tidying and re-writing of a mostly extant paper I want to be able to send out soon.
Quote from: Puget on April 24, 2020, 12:17:49 PM
Congrats Mordan on the book acceptance! Hope you find a way to celebrate this weekend!
Quote from: Puget on April 23, 2020, 06:47:33 AM
Quote from: Puget on April 21, 2020, 06:34:44 PM
Almost final edits on grad student #3's paper
At least 30 min. plotting out revisions on long neglected paper
Met both these goals yesterday. Today is a heavy meeting/teaching day, but I'm going to do at least another 30 min on long neglected paper.
If flaked on this yesterday, in part because of some unexpected tasks that got dropped on me, in part because of continued resistance. But I got back on course today and did a solid hour. I'm now through mapping out responses to the editor and reviewer 1. I now have the harder task left of dealing with the dreaded reviewer 2.
I don't know if it will be possible, but I'd really like to finish up this month with this paper finally resubmitted. I'm at least going to try to get close.
Bonus writing task for today: just finished meeting with collaborator and we drafted the outline of the preregistration for a paper in real time on google docs and have a plan to mobilize or respective grad students to start drafting it.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on April 24, 2020, 01:09:39 PM
An hour's tidying and re-writing of a mostly extant paper I want to be able to send out soon.
Forgot to check back in yesterday. Managed it, but I'm not very happy with the progress. Every time I wade into that paper I feel stuck in an unstructured fog which should be a lot easier to cut through than it is. It feels like I should be close to done, but it doesn't look it.
I too peer through the fog. I feel'ya there, P.
Nevertheless, defined the material for the introduction, edited down and expanded some parts. Much work still to go. Bogged down in research.
Almost 500 words into feature article on college closing. Helped to define next article when an alumni slipped me a letter from the president of a certain regional college. Found a potential outlet to pitch to.
Crafting a creative manuscript for upcoming contest.
Have been making regular progress on work, just struggling to find time to post about it here (and remember to do so). Grading pile has mostly been defeated for the moment, with classes wrapping up this week.
Todays goal was to write a section missing from the paper that I've promised myself must be done by the end of the month, and managed to get the 550 words needed to espouse it fairly efficiently in about 45 minutes.
Other goals today:
- Read revisions and responses to reviewer for the last paper with my finished Ph.D. student.
- Finishing revising a coauthor paper.
- Get the last figure for the April paper done! (Only takes 6 hours of computations per panel).
Today I have to give feedback on two honors thesis drafts and do a paper review, so not too much time for my own writing, but I will again do at least 30 min. on long neglected paper.
Today:
-go back to literature review (30 mins)
-start draft for manuscript (45 mins)
Somewhat busy day today, so the goal will just be 30 mins. to 1 hr on that foggy paper.
Before the end of the month, I have three tasks:
1. Wrap up an R&R and send it to my co-author to submit
2. Write a one page proposal for a edited volume chapter
3. Submit a funding proposal (which is essentially done)
All fairly light jobs, but busy with lots of end-of-the-semester tasks and meetings.
Quote from: Puget on April 27, 2020, 06:27:19 AM
Today I have to give feedback on two honors thesis drafts and do a paper review, so not too much time for my own writing, but I will again do at least 30 min. on long neglected paper.
Didn't get to it till after dinner and almost didn't do it, but made myself start with a timer and ended up working past the end of it for a solid hour total.
Grad student #3 also submitted her paper today! It got rejected from the first journal we submitted to which shook her confidence a bit despite my efforts to buck her up and explain this is just how it goes, so I'm hoping for better luck with this journal. I think its even better with the revisions she made and that the journal is probably a better fit, so I'm guardedly optimistic.
Did not however get to the paper review, which is now late, so will have to do it tomorrow. Tomorrow is my last class of the semester, and while paper grading pain is coming, I should have more time for writing after that.
Writing goals for tomorrow:
Feedback to PIs on grant revision draft
Another 30 min on paper
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on April 27, 2020, 09:43:45 AM
Somewhat busy day today, so the goal will just be 30 mins. to 1 hr on that foggy paper.
I'm quite tired, so I only managed the bare minimum. But there's some sort of shape taking... shape. I think I'll try to patch this together by the end of the month, so that it can go out. I'm somewhat tempted to send it to a lower-tier journal with a call out on for contributions on a relevant theme. Guess I'll mull it over.
In other news, my weird creative piece has been accepted for the volume, and the editor called it "brilliant", so. That's a nice pat on my broad shoulders!
Quote from: JCu16 on April 27, 2020, 05:49:34 AM
Have been making regular progress on work, just struggling to find time to post about it here (and remember to do so). Grading pile has mostly been defeated for the moment, with classes wrapping up this week.
Todays goal was to write a section missing from the paper that I've promised myself must be done by the end of the month, and managed to get the 550 words needed to espouse it fairly efficiently in about 45 minutes.
Other goals today:
Read revisions and responses to reviewer for the last paper with my finished Ph.D. student. - Finishing revising a coauthor paper.
- Get the last figure for the April paper done! (Only takes 6 hours of computations per panel).
Student paper issue dealt with (really difficult reviewer), only managed a partial on the figure, ran into a few computational challenges. Then got eaten by the big grading monster and admin tasks. Reboot tomorrow to try and get these things done. Writing will be a preliminary proposal for a contract.
Taking it relatively easy today, but I'm aiming for at least an hour cutting through that foggy paper and letting the sun shine in on it.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on April 28, 2020, 09:36:24 AM
Taking it relatively easy today, but I'm aiming for at least an hour cutting through that foggy paper and letting the sun shine in on it.
Some progress is being made. And I've decided not to submit it to that special issue, and to aim higher instead.
Unfortunately, it's not actually very good yet. Nor even decent. =p
Quote from: Puget on April 27, 2020, 06:10:14 PM
Writing goals for tomorrow:
Feedback to PIs on grant revision draft
Another 30 min on paper
Had the grant meeting and we decided to wait till July to submit, so further work on that is off my plate for now.
Did not get to the paper yesterday, so my goal is to make up for it and do at least an hour today.
Quote from: JCu16 on April 27, 2020, 09:32:09 PM
Quote from: JCu16 on April 27, 2020, 05:49:34 AM
- Finishing revising a coauthor paper.
- Get the last figure for the April paper done! (Only takes 6 hours of computations per panel).
Writing will be a preliminary proposal for a contract.
Managed to get the preliminary proposal done in the late hours of the night, but spent most of the day teaching and fighting a model. Today, finish that coauthor paper, review a couple of 15 pages student written projects, a paper review, and see if I can sneak the time to run the final panel of that figure.
Today:
- Work on Foggy Paper.
- Do some preliminary research for June 1 Paper
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on April 29, 2020, 12:08:58 PM
Today:
Work on Foggy Paper.Do some preliminary research for June 1 Paper
The fog's clearing a bit. With luck I'll have something palatable to tinker with after tomorrow, and can touch it up every once in a while throughout May, then be ready to send it off. I have to devote May to the June Paper, however, and June to the July Paper. (Well, that, and teaching.)
Last day of this particular challenge! Good luck everyone!
For me today:
- Spend at least an hour with Foggy Papper.
- Continue the preliminary research for June Paper.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on April 30, 2020, 10:03:10 AM
Last day of this particular challenge! Good luck everyone!
For me today:
Spend at least an hour with Foggy Papper.Continue the preliminary research for June Paper.
I can't believe April is over already! I'll start a May writing challenge thread.
Quote from: Puget on April 29, 2020, 06:33:03 AM
Had the grant meeting and we decided to wait till July to submit, so further work on that is off my plate for now.
Did not get to the paper yesterday, so my goal is to make up for it and do at least an hour today.
Forgot to update again-- I did do my hour+ yesterday, and did a little writing today in the form of checking grad student #2's preregistration revisions.
Although i didn't accomplish everything I had hoped to, April was still relatively productive on the writing front:
1. Grad student #1's R&R revised, resubmitted and accepted!
2. Grad student #2's R&R revised and resubmitted.
3. Grad student #3's paper submitted, desk rejected for fit (shows what I know about fit at that journal I guess), and about to be submitted again elsewhere.
4. Big collaboration paper preregistration draft finished and sent to coauthors
5. Long neglected R&R cover letter responses drafted
On to May!
Quote from: JCu16 on April 29, 2020, 08:10:57 AM
Finishing revising a coauthor paper.- Get the last figure for the April paper done! (Only takes 6 hours of computations per panel).
A final success yesterday in the late hours of April. So in review, I made solid progress on a number of writing tasks, but didn't get that damn paper finished (but should in the next couple of days now that classes are over - yay for May).
Reviewed a bunch of proposals.
Revised two papers.
Wrote a contract proposal which looks like it will be funded.
Wrote about a 3rd of a new proposal.
Wrote a decent amount toward several papers.
Completed 3 paper peer reviews.
Finalized my edits and suggestions for 3 new papers that have been submitted (sadly, all coauthor).
Reviewed interdeterminate number of student written projects.
I'll call that decent progress after going to zero the previous month.
Quote from: Sun_Worshiper on April 27, 2020, 05:13:00 PM
Before the end of the month, I have three tasks:
1. Wrap up an R&R and send it to my co-author to submit
2. Write a one page proposal for a edited volume chapter
3. Submit a funding proposal (which is essentially done)
All fairly light jobs, but busy with lots of end-of-the-semester tasks and meetings.