This is an ONLINE 10-week program for early-career scientists (PhDs, postdocs, and assistant professors) that want to write an experimental paper (with the classical IMRaD structure), and develop a strategy to write with confidence and less stress. Here below you can have a preliminary look at the three main outcomes you’ll get from this course:
- A strategy to write ALL your experimental articles. If you never took a scientific writing course, I recommend you to find one! Of course, I would like to see you signing with this one. But if you are not sure, please, find one that suits you. You won’t regret ;) In this course, I will provide you with a step-by-step guide that you can use over and over to write your full manuscripts. I will also give you tips to avoid the most common mistakes when writing.
- An almost complete draft of your paper. Perhaps you took one course (or several), but it was too technical, too short, or it did not involve time to actually write your paper. This is not just a course, it is a 10-week program where you will have the time and the accountability to write your experimental paper (if you have data for it!). A unique aspect of this program compared with other online courses is the feedback. We will do 5 online group meetings to discuss any questions, we will review the key sections of what you write during the course (title, abstract and intro), and I will be answering any doubt it arises along the way. Not bad right?
- A mindful approach to your academic life. This is the unique aspect of this program that you don’t see often in other courses (and I hope that changes soon!). As a scientist, you will be writing a lot during your whole career, so it is essential you have tools to manage some of the common mental struggles. Here I will add as a bonus, simple yoga videos and audios with meditations you can do whenever you want. But if you think this is not for you, I totally get it, and you are very welcome to ignore that content and focus on the outcomes 1 and 2, no judgement, I promise!
Hi, I’m Ana,
Hi, I’m Ana Pineda, and I help scientists like you to write articles mindfully. What does that mean? I teach online courses where you write and learn to make time to write, to stay focused, and to feel confident about your work. I am also a scientist, crazy about insects, microbes, plants, and ecology (who is not?). Ah! and also a yoga teacher. My mission? to help you have a more productive and happier research life.