April writing challenge

[Parasaurolophus]

Today, I'll try to work on the referee report for a couple hours, or finish it. Whichever comes first.

[att_mtt]

Today:
rewrite my introduction
To do so, read 4 different papers to get a better overview

[Parasaurolophus]

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.

[att_mtt]

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

[Puget]

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

[hungry_ghost]

• 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

[Parasaurolophus]

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.

[Parasaurolophus]

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.

[Puget]

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.

[Parasaurolophus]

Yet more grading needs doing, and other things. So, modestly:

• 200 words of New Paper 1

[Morden]

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).

[att_mtt]

Yeah! Congrats on the books! That's awesome.
I am finished with my writing goals for today as well, paper revision finished (for now).

[Parasaurolophus]

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:

• 200 words of New Paper 1

357, and done. Unfortunately, in the process I also discovered that I'd meant to write three other papers for nearing deadlines!

[Morden]

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.

[Puget]

Congrats Mordan on the book acceptance! Hope you find a way to celebrate this weekend!

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.