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The Creative Work of Academic Thinking
A Guest Post by Verena Hutter, Ph.D.
May 18
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Verena Hutter
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What Lifting Heavy Things Taught Me About Writing | Ep. 39
Why writing gets stronger when we learn to stay with difficulty
May 14
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Jenn McClearen, PhD
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10:39
Summer Is Here. Let’s Make it Count!
On building a writing practice that actually moves your book forward—this summer and beyond.
May 11
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Jenn McClearen, PhD
You Don’t Have to Start with an Outline Either | Ep. 38
How explorer-writers can move from messy discovery to clear academic structure
May 7
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Jenn McClearen, PhD
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14:31
Why I Never Start with an Outline
For explorer-writers who need to discover ideas before they can organize them
May 4
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Jenn McClearen, PhD
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April 2026
Why Saying No Still Feels Impossible After Tenure | Ep. 37
Why boundaries still feel risky in a culture built on ambiguity and overwork
Apr 30
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Jenn McClearen, PhD
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"I'm So Busy": Unpacking the Rhetoric of Overwhelm in Academia
A gem from the archives
Apr 27
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Jenn McClearen, PhD
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Rethinking the Academic Conclusion | Ep. 36
Let's talk about writing a better ending.
Apr 23
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Jenn McClearen, PhD
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10:05
The Tenure Sprint with the Invisible Finish Line
How vague promotion standards extract maximum labor and accelerate burnout
Apr 21
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Jenn McClearen, PhD
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How to Respond Strategically When Readers Ask You to “Clarify Your Argument”
Part 2: A Strategic Framework for Revision Without Panic or Perfection
Apr 17
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Jenn McClearen, PhD
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The Big Beautiful Block of Time Myth | Ep. 35
On matching the time you actually have to the work your book actually needs
Apr 16
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Jenn McClearen, PhD
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10:44
When Readers Say “Clarify Your Argument,” What They Usually Mean
Part 1: Five Common Patterns Behind One of the Most Destabilizing Comments in a Reader Report
Apr 14
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Jenn McClearen, PhD
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