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Your Book Doesn't Need to Revolutionize Your Field | Ep. 31
On the fear that your ideas aren't new enough—and the impossible standard behind it
 • Jenn McClearen, PhD
14:09
The Book-Writing Progress You Keep Ignoring
Why the work before the "real writing" is the real writing
 • Jenn McClearen, PhD
Revision Isn’t Editing. It’s Thinking.
Why returning to your draft isn't evidence of failure—it's evidence of learning
 • Jenn McClearen, PhD
Why I Don’t Tell Scholars to “Just Sit Down and Write” | Ep. 28
A gentler and more effective alternative
 • Jenn McClearen, PhD
12:32
Lighthouse Thinking: Writing for Readers, Not Reputation
Moving from self-conscious to reader-focused writing
 • Jenn McClearen, PhD
The Dissertation-to-Book Series: Everything in One Place
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 • Jenn McClearen, PhD
Letting Go of the Writing That Got You Here | Ep. 26
How to cut dissertation writing in service of a book
 • Jenn McClearen, PhD
11:44
Trained Not to Trust Ourselves
How graduate school shapes dissertation writing and haunts the book
 • Jenn McClearen, PhD
Diagnosing Dissertation Mode in Your Book Manuscript | Ep. 25
Spotting the habits that helped you graduate—and now get in the way
 • Jenn McClearen, PhD
11:09
Five Key Shifts from Dissertation to Book
The dissertation is a caterpillar—and transformation requires dissolution before you get the butterfly.
 • Jenn McClearen, PhD
Academic vs. Public Writing
Rewinding a post from the archives
 • Jenn McClearen, PhD
Four Questions to Reconnect You With the Heart of Your Research | Ep. 17
Let's dig into why your research matters even more!
 • Jenn McClearen, PhD
16:18
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