Alrighty! Well, welcome to this class!

Where we are going over the three simple steps to get published, and, very importantly, enjoy writing again.

Now, this class is for you if… You are a researcher.

in the physical, health, life, earth, social sciences, and you write papers based on data that you have gathered, meaning empirical studies.

If you're in the humanities, I'm sorry, but this might not be the right training for you.

You also do robust research. And you may have already been able to publish one or more papers, but you have big goals for your research career.

And for the impact that you want your research to have.

You're also already pulled in many directions, and you need a solution that is time-effective, so that writing doesn't bleed into your evening and weekends.

All right, couple other things I do want to confirm for you that you're in the right place.

If you have an ever-growing backlog of unwritten or half-written papers.

that you feel overwhelmed by. There is nothing to be ashamed of. I guarantee you that you are not alone.

At all in this. Maybe everyone could write, like, me, or that's me in the chat, if that is you.

Um, just to, like, you know, open up about this.

You're also in the right place if publishing in those high-ranking journals feels like a black box.

And if writing feels overwhelming, and just thinking about it makes you feel anxious, you are right here too.

And I feel like most researchers, you have only ever gotten training in your research field.

But never learned a systematic way to write quality papers in a timeframe that you can control.

After this class, you'll be 100% clear on how you can eliminate the dread, stress, and self-doubt that make writing feel terrible.

And make the progress slow as a result. You will also know the three simple steps that will help you consistently write papers in as little as 8 weeks.

So you can publish in a calm and steady way in the journals that you want to publish in.

And if we have not met yet, hello, I'm Dr. Anna Kromanz, and I'm an academic writing coach.

I am sort of the bridge between academic writing coaches who help you make time to write.

And editors who help you improve the content of your paper.

I have a PhD in chemistry and a background in science journalism.

In the last 5-6 years, I have taught hundreds of researchers get published in top-tier journals.

Like nature communications, inside my program, the researchers' Writing Academy.

Let's do some housekeeping! We will be here for about 1 hour.

I'm happy to stay a little longer, if you have more questions.

On that note, we will have a Q&A at the end, so please put your question in the Q&A box.

That's, like, an extra box in there, not the Chad, because in the chat, things do get lost.

You will also get a recording of this webinar, and the replay will expire on November 5th at midnight Pacific Time, so that is next Wednesday.

I will also be sharing all the details about the Researchers Writing Academy at the end of this class.

We're also offering something very exciting today, which we have never offered before.

a brand new bonus for action takers only. It's our article accelerator that helps you kickstart.

Your paper writing process with 3 life group workshops, and yeah, more or less.

Toward the end of the webinar. I guess you are here, because you would like to target more high-impact journals so that you can expand your visibility and get a seat at the table where change occurs.

Many of you probably. want to spend less time writing papers so that you can have an actual work-life balance.

Some of you probably also want to be able to better mentor your students, so publishing can be more streamlined.

In your lap. Ultimately, I'm guessing you want to be in control of your academic career.

Now, I'm talking to researchers about writing every day, and here's what I'm seeing most researchers do that just doesn't work.

A lot of you start writing a paper starting with a blank page.

But that is really intimidating, because we don't know how to start.

breaking into that base. So we procrastinate and do a million other things instead, other than writing.

You may also have time blocking. You may also have tried blocking off time in your calendar to write, but then you don't show up for it.

Because if it's a meeting with just you alone, that just you alone, hold yourself accountable to.

It's just more appealing to do easiest tasks instead of writing.

Honestly, it's just very human. And as you write, you may be one of us.

who are just trying to get each and every sentence into a perfect shape.

Before we can move on to the next one.

Here's the thing, getting stuck perfecting the text in the first draft wastes so much time.

Because A, you were later anyway end up deleting a lot of those sentences and paragraphs that you spent hours on.

And B, you create so much editing work for yourself later on, trying to get the story into shape.

while you're writing. Or maybe you're one of the person… one of those people who, uh.

starts with a messy first draft. It's a super common piece of advice I'm seeing.

But that also means that you will later get caught in countless revision.

cycles, kind of trying to box your paper into shape, which makes writing honestly very frustrating.

There's another popular piece of advice out there that's saying, oh, you should set yourself a target of words.

Written in a given day as a motivation. My problem with this piece of advice is, is that word targets are a misleading goalpost to me.

Because you don't want a long paper, like, that's not the goal.

The goal is clear, concise, and compelling. That's the kind of paper that you want.

So, again, you just end up adding to your time spent editing later.

kind of trying to hit your target journal's word limit.

In the last couple of years, a lot of researchers have also started dabbling with generative AI tools.

Hoping it will increase the quality of their writing, and make the whole writing process just faster and easier.

Of course, this is especially attractive to those of us who don't have English as their first language.

For kind of obvious reasons, but… I think everyone feels that temptation.

Here's… they have very big problems with using AI, or with relying on AI as a strategy to write papers. Let me tell you why.

A, writing with AI. will take you longer.

Then with the streamlined writing process, because first, you invest time in becoming a master at prompt engineering.

And then you have to invest time to, like, kind of iteratively work through those outputs that you get to get them to a place where you want them.

Also, if you rely only on AI, the quality of the text will just never be good enough.

to get published in top-tier journals, because AI is not able to concisely hit the points.

That you want to make. It just gives you smooth-sounding text, honestly, and I will talk more in detail about this in a little bit.

The most disastrous problem that I have with AI.

Um, relying on it. won't ever help you develop this very essential skill.

of being able to write quality papers. time efficiently.

Honestly, this is a skill you as a researcher.

has to have. Um, especially if you want to leave a mark on your field. So.

Instead of learning the skill ones, you kind of become chained to AI to produce what.

I think I'm mediocre papers. And you waste a lot of time doing it.

Another common problem is when we try fitting all of our exciting findings into one paper, which then turns the paper more into a data dump rather than a story.

And that means… well, we simply will not get them published in high-ranking journals.

Even if you're half a day taller than interesting data. Also.

We'll know this in a second. Okay, this webinar truly is a shame-free space, and I guarantee you.

Every one of us, everyone who's trying to write papers has made at least.

one of these mistakes. It's just what we do when we have never learned.

how to write in a systematic way. So, please share in the chat if you're brave enough to open up about this. How many of these approaches.

Have you used before to write papers? And how did it go? Like, maybe some of these even work for you, or maybe they don't.

Um, please share in the chat. I really… I guarantee you, you're not alone, and I'm having a quick look in the chat to see.

If anyone… Um…

has… no one has shared yet. Feel free to share. Okay, British has 4 to 5.

Yeah. Super common. Julia has blocking time for writing and not showing up. We've all been virtually, honestly.

It is so hard. Francesca says, a bit every day.

End up going down rabbit holes of papers rather than consistently writing. Interesting.

Yes, that's also super common, that you kind of… just take a long, like, you kind of block long periods of time in your calendar, go all in into one project, and then it's kind of an all-or-nothing kind of approach.

Yep. All right. Um… Thank you all for opening up and being vulnerable and sharing with the group. Um… Okay, so what should we do instead? Well, I think the most effective way to write quality papers fast and consistently.

It's this three-part rating system that I developed over the past years working with researchers like you.

Let's start with part number one. And that is applying the scientific storytelling framework.

So that you can write compelling articles that get published in those top-tier journals that you are aiming for.

Part number two is following a streamlined writing process so that you can write articles in as little as 8 weeks.

And part three is using the power of strategic planning and community.

So that you can integrate writing into your workday consistently.

Let me show you why these work so well.

Okay, let's start with applying the scientific storytelling framework.

Let's first ask, well. What is the problem? Why do we not… Why is having an inconsistent, uncompelling, or non-existent story such a big problem?

Well, first of all, your journal editor, very important gatekeeper to getting things published.

Um, they may only have minutes to assess your paper.

Also consider how and when scientific papers are being read.

Many researchers have hardly time to read the literature because the workload is so high. Maybe they slept badly because their baby woke up last night. Peer reviewers are not being paid to review your paper, so it probably won't take the highest priority on their schedule.

We also tend to vastly overestimate how much prior knowledge those who read our papers have about our research topic.

We are so much into our topic, we can't even imagine how little other people.

How little understanding other people have, and just being somewhat outside the topic of the paper.

can mean that we really struggle understanding it. When your paper tells an inconsistent, uncompelling story, or no story at all, well, the journal editor may find that your paper is simply too boring. Because of that, they judge that your data is not significant enough.

Full publication in their journal. Your peer reviewer may misunderstand your findings and the overall aim of your study.

This is exactly what's happening with this, like. famous reviewer number two.

When we feel totally misunderstood, and we feel like, wow, they totally missed the point.

Your readers from a feels slightly outside yours. may just give up and stop reading your paper. Thus, no chance for any citation, ever.

Okay, good news! Using storytelling when you write your paper really helps. Humans are wired to process information best.

When it's tooled in the form of a story.

Okay, I am curious. Let me launch this poll.

Um… Please vote.

Tell us if you tell stories in your papers. Um… You have four choices.

gonna… I'm gonna take a sip of water while you do that.

Okay, that's 3 sec- seconds before I end the poll.

Let's see what people are voting for… All right, I share the results. Um… Oh, amazing! We have almost 50% of people who are indeed trying to… or telling stories on their papers. That is probably the highest number I've ever gotten on a survey, well done. Well done, everyone.

Um, but we also have about 43% who have never tried amazing, but you would like to.

And there is some who are curious, but have concerns. Okay, I'm super interested in those concerns, please put them in the chat.

In the chat, um, that would be super interesting to discuss.

Thank you all for voting. Um.

All right. On the note of concerns. I want to briefly go through a few common misconceptions about what storytelling in scientific paper means.

Because storytelling does not equal overstating our findings. making things up or lying.

Storytelling does not equal fiction. storytelling can be fiction. Well, storytelling is used in fiction, but it doesn't mean fiction.

It also isn't using flowery language. or dumbing down your science.

Storytelling done in the right way, will not feel childish, I promise.

So, what does storytelling do, and what makes it so great?

It gives our readers the context that they need to understand and appreciate your study.

What is important to understand. It's incredibly difficult for your reader to absorb new information, like your data.

If your reader doesn't have an already existing framework in place, that they can connect that information to.

In this scenario, what happens to that piece of new information? Well.

Simply bounce us off. And if you don't want it to bounce off, we as the reader, need to make an effort.

Need to spend calories, work for it. to build the connection to that new information based on the existing knowledge that we have.

As an example, let's say our data shows vanadium oxide can selectively oxidize ammonia to nitric oxide.

It's an example from chemistry. Unless. You are somewhere in that field.

You have no idea how significant this finding is. You have no idea what this… what the meaning is.

So, what happens… If you communicate your data.

and provides context. And contact's very importantly, that the reader's brain already has a framework for.

Well, the reader's brain can properly absorb. absorb and process that piece of information now. They don't need to make an effort.

In other words, we are making our reader's job easy.

So, how could the scientists who found that vanadium oxide can selectively oxidize ammonia to nitric oxide make their reader's job easy? Well, they could, for example, say that this reaction is currently being done using expansive platinum-based catalysts.

And those produce huge amounts of greenhouse gases. And that, therefore, their study is an indication for how the nitric acid manufacturing industry can become more sustainable while also saving money.

Now, that is context that is turning this result into a story.

And this is the exact reason why relying on AI to write a paper won't get you published in a top-tier journal.

Let me show you. AI cannot do that thinking step on its own.

The thinking step to develop that effective story to tell your data with.

The only thing ChatGPT… And others can do is… produce bloated text that sounds polished.

At first glance. But that either will not convey the information to the reader that you want to convey at all.

Or, it won't do so concisely and effectively. Only your brain.

can create a concise version of the story that your reader will find easy to understand, interesting, and memorable.

And this, I really believe this, is the career-boosting skill if you are an academic.

Okay, that's summarize. Reporting interesting data isn't enough.

You also need to help your reader understand how their data is relevant.

to the journal, to the field, to their own research.

And that has to be done in every section, almost every paragraph of your paper.

Now, I want you to meet someone who's had great success using storytelling, Gabriella is a professor.

Who wrote us this email. While being a member of the Researchers Writing Academy.

And in this email, she said that after writing a paper using our scientific storytelling framework that we teach, she had the nicest.

ever review process and have 30 years of academia.

She said she received comments such as, well written, and I like reading this article, nicely presented.

Which was really unusual feedback for her to get, as she says, as a non-native speaker.

I also want you to hear Maria's experience. She's a PhD candidate at Queen Mary University of London.

And when Maria wrote her first article. She didn't enjoy the process at all. She went through loads of iterations.

Then she joined us, and she learned the scientific storytelling framework, and published her second article super quickly.

And that article attracted media attention, even. It was featured in Times Magazine, Reuters, and also other outlets.

And she told me she even used the scientific storytelling framework to prepare for the interviews with a journalist.

Because once you know this framework, you can use this for any type of communication to any audience.

She says that while that was really rewarding, what's really more important to her is that she now has confidence in that whole writing process, which was, as she puts it, life-changing for her.

All right! We talked about applying the scientific storytelling framework. Let's look at why the second part of the writing system, using a streamlined writing process.

works. Well, having a streamlined writing process means that you know.

what all the steps are to transform your data into a submission-ready manuscript.

time efficiently, and in which order to do every step.

A lot of us are very busy. Tell us in the chat if you're busy. I mean.

I would be surprised if there's anyone who won't raise their hand.

Um, but trying to get everything done. We have so much on our plates.

Um, but the problem is, we often avoid setting up ourselves for success, because.

Adding more tasks to our list to plan our writing process just feels so counterintuitive.

The problem is… You may be busy with the wrong things.

He is the mistake… well, one mistake, a lot of researchers make when they don't follow a streamlined writing process, they start… quote-unquote, writing.

too soon. They start typing words into a word processor, creating those messy first drafts, because they have done work that could save them time.

Okay, so what are the steps of a streamlined writing process?

Now, I prepared a table here for you to visualize this. This is just an example.

Typically, no story development at the start. No or little outlining.

And instead, we started writing immediately. So we spend the bulk of our time in writing and editing mode.

Creating the figures is also part of the process that kept me so, so, so time-consuming.

Especially when we have put a lot of work into getting a figure perfect, and then get comments from co-authors.

That means we have to completely redo them. Yes, I've been there. It is very frustrating.

that writing, title, abstract, and cover letter. usually also takes up huge amounts of work if you don't follow a framework, because.

We do a lot of last-minute tweaking. And then we have to do some proofreading, of course, before we submit our manuscript.

Okay, so in this example, we spent something like 300 hours on the whole paper.

Don't know if that sounds like a little or a lot to you.

Remember, that's just an example. Um, let me see in the chat, does anyone know how many hours they're spending on writing their paper? Or if you don't know in hours, like, kind of.

days, month, years. It does take years, like… It is not unusual for paper to take years, so don't, again.

Don't feel shame if you feel like… It actually sometimes takes me years to get one published. This is so normal.

300 Pomodoros! Over a lovely. So, Pomodoro is a unit of… I believe 20 men at work, 5-minute break.

That is very good, Barbara. Um… Melanie… too long. I love it. More than a year. Really depends on the manuscript, some 3 months, some several years.

Um, yeah, I… I'm guessing that a lot of you, I mean, Barbara knew very well how many Pomodoros it takes her, but I'm guessing a lot of you may not actually know the exact numbers of hours it takes you, so…

If after the webinar you only want to do, like, one thing.

I think the most important thing to do is start checking the time. See where you're spending your time and how much time you're spending.

Um, I use Toggl, it's a free tool, just hit start whenever you start working on your paper.

Okay. Now, after using a streamlined writing process, the method I'm teaching, the distribution of time will look differently.

We first invest time into story development. This usually doesn't even take that long.

And here's where we really identify what I call the key story elements that define your story.

We storyboard your figures and tables, any visual, kind of, um, things we have in your paper.

And we clearly identify the audience, aka the target journal.

We also really focus on getting a good outline for every section.

we look at every paragraph and think through what do we want to communicate, what's the information we want to present.

And in which order do we want to present it? And we do not worry about writing full sentences.

Now. This is where it feels scary. Because we have now spent almost 20 hours, and we haven't, like.

written anything. And I think this is one of the reasons why it's so hard.

And, like, slightly counterintuitive to do these steps. Writing and editing still takes the largest amount of work, but it can just take a lot less with all the prep we've done.

We save time creating the figures because we don't have to redo any of our work.

And coming up with a great title, really compelling abstract and cover letter is literally a matter of a couple of hours with a streamlined writing process, because we have done all the necessary work already in the story development step.

We can also cut down on the time proofreading.

And in this example, we've spent so much less time on the whole process.

So, if you spend… if you end up spending anywhere near these, like, 74 hours on the writing process.

Over the course of 8 weeks, that would be on average approximately 2 hours of writing per workday.

Which, depending on your teaching load and whatever else you have going on, could be doable for most professors. We'll talk more about how to consistently actually do that.

In just a minute. Um, but also remember you won't have to do this all year round.

And of course, the absolute number of hours depends so much on… how much data you have, how experienced you are, like, what kind of study it does, all the things.

Okay, oh, we already talked about that. Um, alright.

So it really isn't about spending more time writing, it's about using your writing sessions more effectively.

When you know both what all the steps are to transform your data into a submission-ready draft.

And, in which order to do them. You never have to second-guess yourself.

Whether what you're working on is the right thing at any point in the process.

Instead, what happens is that you feel accomplished at every step of the process, because you know, oh, I'm making meaningful progress.

Toward getting my paper finished. That alone can turn writing into something enjoyable.

I have witnessed many times how even researchers used to really dread writing.

Writing became something to them that they actually wanted to do.

And if that's the case… Well, what happens? We automatically do it more often.

Let's have a look at what the streamlined writing process did for Toyosi, who's an associate professor.

She found that learning the streamlined writing process. Even quite late into her career.

made the co-writing process with her courses way more efficient.

This is one of the emails she sent me. She actually sent me a couple, just like… gushing over how much success she's had with it. Um… And in this one, she said how she sent her co-authors her paper outline, and they remarked, wow, this is very impressive.

Um, and it only took her 3 months to get the paper published after sending just the outline, not even the complete.

paper to her co-authors, which, yeah. It's just amazing. Another very admirable case is Gia, an assistant professor.

And she said she would, more often than not, have an editing nightmare with her co-authors.

And after joining the Researchers' Writing Academy, she managed to make her writing so streamlined.

That she now can write a draft in just 4 weeks.

Isn't that incredible? All right! We talked about why applying the scientific storytelling framework and following a streamlined writing process works. Let's get to part number 3 of the writing system.

Using the power of strategic planning and community. So that you consistently integrate writing into your workday.

Here's a big problem. Most researchers don't spend enough time strategically planning.

when they are going to have a writing session, meaning which day and at what time.

And they don't do enough strategic planning to know what would be the most meaningful thing to work on during that writing session.

Meaning, they're unclear their priorities. And what happens if we don't strategically plan our writing is that, well, our schedule.

gets dictated by urgent requests from others. or fires that need fighting.

And that means you don't get the more difficult projects done in a timely manner that require deeper thinking.

And those, in my experience, are often the more needle-moving projects.

You may also be switching back and forth between projects too much, and just lose brain power to constant, what is called.

context switching. Often, when we do plan, our plans are overly ambitious.

I mean, I'm laughing because… This is something I actively work on.

all the time as well, still. It's… I think it's something that is just so innately human, and… Without deliberate practice, we are all-time optimists, but it really is a skill you can learn. I see this every day.

As a result, without strategic planning. Well, we'd feel overwhelmed by all the writing we have to do, and are continuously disappointed in how little we achieve.

So, how can we improve. the situation.

Here's something that works really well for me and my clients.

We call it strategic planning. So you know exactly when to focus, on which.

writing task or step. Planning in a strategic way means.

Sitting down once a year, and that doesn't have to be in January, it can be any time.

And just think about… Where do I want to be in a year from now?

These are some more big pictures thinking. thinking about your vision more.

Then, ideally, once a quarter, or once a month, I do both, um, you decide.

Which papers do I want to focus on during this period of time?

And what most people forget to do. Take inventory off your writing routine.

And intentionally think about, how do I want to improve my writing routine in this quarter?

really, you know, reflect and take stock. Then every week.

You decide what times you will sit down and write, and which tasks, which exact tasks are you planning to accomplish.

So why does it work to invest time to do strategic planning on a weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis? I mean.

Sounds like a lot, right? Um, the thing is, it really isn't that much work in the grand scheme of things, compared to how much work it is to write a paper.

But we all want to do extra stuff, so I… I want you to understand exactly how that time pays off.

Here's what happens if you plan strategically. You get to use the power of positive reinforcement.

Through your strategic plan, you have meaningful, well-defined, and realistic goals.

for each of your writing sessions. Which means… you will have a good experience writing.

You feel accomplished at the end of the session, because you achieved what you set out to do.

And that means you look forward to the next session.

And if you are in this headspace, in this positive feedback loop.

You will automatically make writing happen more often. We already saw… have a streamlined writing process.

helps us enjoy writing more. Now, planning our writing strategically further contributes.

So that we can enjoy writing more. But there's a third thing, um, that helps us enjoy writing. I don't know if you can guess what that could be.

But it's doing writing and community. you can really amplify all of your wins simply by being immersed and held accountable by a community of other writers.

This is true for introverts and extroverts alike. So how? How does this work?

Well, first of all, co-writing. Meaning, meeting on Zoom to write together while on mute.

Sounds so simple, but it's the most powerful tool I have experienced that makes you truly show up for writing multiple times per week.

Reliably. It's like some kind of secret weapon. Secondly, being around other academics doing this with you, seeing them have successes, just simply that shows us it's possible.

It's possible to change the way you write your papers, and that is so motivating.

Then, getting guidance and feedback when you get stuck. Meaning… you have, like, a super quick feedback loop that allows you to improve the quality of your writing so much faster than when you do this all on your own.

And by choosing to be part of a community of other writers, you are telling yourself.

That you are indeed a writer. Which, this is the very foundation to integrating writing into your workday consistently.

This is the ultimate big shift that will help you transform both your relationship with writing.

and the quality of your writing. Seeing yourself as the writer, that you, if you're an academic.

You are a writer. But we often don't feel like that.

And Jenny didn't… used to feel like this. Um… She said, writing used to feel like a slog.

It was just another sh… sure that I had to do.

And the big transformation journey had, thanks to the researchers Writing Academy, is that she started to see herself as a writer.

Now, writing has become a regular part of her day, which I can really vouch for, because Jenny is still an active member in our communities, she has been for many years, and she's showing up.

almost every day for it. Um, she also says, writing is not something that she enjoys, because she always knows what she… what you should do next.

Let's also hear from Gitika, a PhD student. Before she joined us, she struggled with writing her paper. She was on her 10th draft when her PI and she realized it just cannot continue this way.

And when she started using what we teach, her first big result was.

Writing a fresh draft in only 2 months. And that draft was approved by her PI in no time.

Literally, after struggling for years. Now, while I pulled her quote here, it's because.

Um, she said how the weekly accountability and the co-writing that we facilitate were so motivating and encouraging for her. She says, in fact, the community was the key for her to get all the papers.

for her thesis completed. Okay, last one. I also want you to meet Kate, who's a pro-ademic and research associate.

And Kate used to find it very difficult to carve out time for writing. She procrastinated on it, and then felt guilty about that.

When she became a member of the Researchers' Writing Academy, she actually started to write and enjoy doing it.

During the summer, she did 10 to 15 writing sessions per week, and that led her to write and submit 7 whole papers over the course of 12 months.

And Kit actually rejoined the researchers' Writing Academy after her first year was over, because she missed the community so much.

And she finds that the communities where the cause came to life.

She wouldn't have been able to systematically apply what she learned had it not been for the Accountability Club, the curating session, and the community, she says.

All right! We have gone through the whole three-part writing system.

What other long-term effects of implementing this? Well, you will write more papers.

You will get more of those papers published in high-ranking journals, which means it will be easier to climb the academic career ladder.

And will allow your research make a tangible impact.

Importantly, you won't be able to achieve all of that without having to sacrifice your private life.

That… that is the cause. If you want, step-by-step support to implement this three-part writing system.

You are warmly invited to join us inside the Researchers Writing Academy.

I want to give you a bird's eye view of what you will get access to when you join.

Here's what's included. Plasterful, the journal publication formula. Which is our online course that teaches you our scientific storytelling framework and our streamlined writing process.

It's the entire step-by-step guide to turn your data into a submission-ready paper.

You will have a repeatable process that you can use over and over and over again for every PRP that you'll write for the rest of your career.

It will save you time on writing. and craft an interesting story for your paper.

Finally, it will also help you to effectively communicate even complicated concepts.

This is all taught in four modules of an online course.

You can watch the video lessons at your own pace, whenever you want, and as many times as you want.

The lessons are short and engaging. Most lessons are honestly just a few minutes long, which makes it really easy to find specific sections, go to specific points in the course.

Or when you have, like, a small chunk of time available, you can kind of, like.

watch as a little snack. I'm also always providing plenty of examples from different fields.

And our workshops, templates, checklists, to make implementing every step of the paper.

every step of the process, super smooth. Okay. Here's the exact lesson.

or lesson plan, lesson chapters that are included. Each of these that you see here are further divided into shorter chunks if you prefer watching shorter videos.

Let's go through this. In the first module. We will do the first step of the streamlined writing process. We will define the story you want to tell in your paper.

To make sure that your paper indeed will tell one coherent and compelling story.

First, we'll go through the scientific storytelling framework. Then you will learn how to define your key findings and send your message.

Then your audience! We will teach you how to do storyboarding.

Then you will define what I call your narrow and broad problem, and finally your key implication.

Finally, in the last lesson, we'll put all these elements together and see where they go in the manuscript, and how they help you develop.

the different sections. In step two. We develop your sections.

That means you will learn how to create detailed outlines, really good outlines.

Um, for each section. That will help you later to substantially cut down on writing and editing time.

First lesson we have here is a bit of an overview.

Uh, an action plan for this step, then you will proceed.

developing first a results section, then your introduction section, then your references, and finally your discussion section.

In the third module, step 3. You will learn how to effectively communicate your findings, both in writing and visually.

So, that your paper flows, and everything is just, like, super clear and never confusing.

to you, Rita. We start with an action plan again here.

Um, then we would go through some general writing concepts. So we have this lesson sentence and paragraph structure.

Which teaches you how to make your writing flow.

And then the five foundations of clear and concise writing.

Then we're able to go through specific advice for each section. So, we will go through the results section, methods section, introduction, discussions, and conclusions.

Then we will talk about creating clear and concise figures. Super important part.

That honestly is so… The importance of it is so… being so underestimated by so many people, applies such a huge role.

That's not only the text, it's the visual elements as well.

And then, in the last step, you will learn how to self-edit your work effectively, which is very difficult to do if you don't have a good process for this.

Okay. Uh, in the fourth module, step four. We will package your paper for publication. Just a few last things to do before we can submit. You will learn how to.

craft an effective title, craft an effective abstract, and a compelling cover letter to the journal editor.

And then there's a little bonus lesson, which is designing a stunning graphical abstract.

And then you have everything done, and you're ready to submit. That's the journal publication formula course.

Because you will start doing things differently, writing in a different way than how most researchers approach their writing.

We really support you to make sure you succeed.

We also have feedback calls that everyone in the academy can attend, currently twice per month.

And you can break all your questions. All parts of your papers that you would, like.

to get feedback on. We provide feedback on every step in the process. For example, your storyboard, your outlines.

You've written paragraphs, you abstract whatever you want. You can use these calls to really consolidate what you've learned in the lessons.

really, you know, get direct feedback on you implementing what you learned. And also, it's really nice to connect with other members.

Um, in the academy. Learn more about their research, and sometimes even listening to how I'm reviewing, or other writing coaches review.

Um, review, you know, what others have submitted can help you. Even if it's not your field.

Okay, second part of the Researchers Writing Academy is ongoing support that we provide as you implement the system.

Firstly, we help you to plan your writing strategically by guiding you through creating effective yearly and quarterly plans in live group workshops.

And we take you every month in. guiding prompts to plan your writing for that month.

This helps you to reduce overwhelm and makes you confident that when you are writing, that you're working on the right paper or task.

We also provide planning support on a weekly basis inside our accountability club.

Where we prompt you to share your weekly writing goals at the beginning of the week?

And then check back in with you on Fridays on how your week went. It was super popular, this one.

This really helps you practice setting realistic goals, because you do it every week, and every week you're, like, invited to reflect.

You also hit your writing goals consistently by… being held accountable, being held lovingly accountable.

By, um… by our team. It's mainly Ivan, actually, who's also in the chat, who will, um.

who will check in with you. Um… Oops. Um, and that, of course, makes you feel accomplished every week.

Okay, what really sets this program apart is you will have a lot of this.

Body doubling writing time as well. Which means he can join several weekly co-writing sessions. We have at least 5 per week.

that are one hour, and we do a quick goal setting at the start, and then reflection at the end.

3 times per month, we also facilitate a longer co-writing sessions, we call them writing retreats.

And they are 3 hours long. These include goal setting.

at the start, and also meditation at the start, to, like, really get into a focused.

headspace, and then we reflect. Today, after each mini-session, and then we celebrate at the end.

We've been adding more and more co-writing to the program because it's helping our members so much.

to show up for their writing consistently. And they tell us they are more productive during co-writing than when they write on their own.

Pineller. You will also get access to our exclusive writer's community.

We all know how lonely writing can be sometimes.

So we really want to change that with this community. Our whole program is hosted on Circle, and we currently have subgroups.

for parents and caregivers, and one for writers with chronic health… Conditions that kind of emerged based on requests.

By members. So you can use this community to get advice whenever you hit a bump, as you implement the writing.

system, or you have any questions whatsoever about writing.

Also, to celebrate wins together. And some members even connect to me for writing outside of our scheduled sessions.

The Researchers Writing Academy can transform your whole writing experience, like it did for Katya, who you see here.

For whom the writing process suddenly felt manageable. When before she would get stuck in perfectionism and self-doubt.

Katya says that once she watched the first module, she was hooked, and she found herself really engaged.

For Jordan joining the Researchers' Writing Academy had a really profound impact on her academic career.

Before she joined us, she questioned whether she belonged in academia.

But all it took was learning a framework. for how she can communicate her research through storytelling.

She got so much confidence just by learning this and seeing how this works in action. I think she immediately got a R&R after using it.

for a paper that had been desk rejected a few times, and she told us how now she's fully committed to assistant professorship, just through learning this girl.

Okay. Because you have all joined me for this live class today. Thank you for coming. You also get access to two special webinar bonuses, one of which we've never offered before.

Um, the first one is, I was submitted in 8 weeks trawler boat bonus.

Actually, more than one of our members have told us this is the best part of the program for them.

Which, I don't know. Um, it's kind of funny. Um… The submitted an 8-weeks trailer board is great, though, because it captures, really, all the tasks involved in writing a paper. It captures everything that's into journal publication formula, even the little tiny tasks.

The trouble book just breaks it all down. And what you can do is you just copy it, and you start checking off tasks as you go through the paper writing process.

The board kind of keeps you on track, and it's super easy to use, even if you have never used Trello before, it's just, like, the easiest project management system, I think.

to start using. You will get access to this at no extra cost if you join the Researchers Writing Academy within the next 7 days.

And the very exciting thing is today, we are also offering, for the first time ever, our article accelerator. I'm super excited about this, um, it's just for all of you who registered for this live webinar.

These are three one-hour bonus group workshops, where we will be developing a coherent and compelling story for your paper.

So, whether you've already written a paper draft. or you haven't started writing yet, this is perfect. We will work in tandem with Step 1 of the journal publication formula.

That you saw earlier. And during the live workshops, you will have a chance to put the lessons into action and get immediate feedback from me.

So, at the end of these three workshops. You will have a complete story.

And that means, really, the most important foundation, like, the thing that almost nobody does.

Um, they will help you so much, not only save time, but also increase the chances to get your paper into, like, a higher impact journal.

So much, it will be done. within, like, 3 days. However, this bonus is only available if you enroll in the Researchers Writing Academy by November 5th.

Alrighty, here's the link to join with the special bonuses. There's a special secret link.

It's here on the… on the slide, and also Makata will put it in the chat. It's annaclaymans.com slash invited, so A-N-N-A-C-L-E-M-E-N-S.

dot com slash invited.

Alright, some of you may be thinking. But I don't have money to join a writing program.

The question that I would like you to consider is what it will cost, not learning a system to get published consistently.

Bluntly put, if you have a backlog of papers, it means you will likely be missing citation windows when other researchers manage to publish similar findings before you.

And that leads to potentially missed career opportunities. That have real financial costs.

Like, if you don't get grants because your publication support is too weak, you leave hundreds of thousands, maybe millions of dollars on the table.

And not getting your research published in a timely manner also means you either won't get promoted.

or it will take longer, which means you delay tens of thousands of dollars additional income per year.

Instead, if you invested in the researchers Writing Academy, you will know exactly how to write papers in 8 weeks or less that can get published in high.

ranking journals. Writing will become a consistent part of your week that you look forward to.

And you will be able to clear your backlog of papers fast.

And then continued to publish in a common study way.

Okay, of course you're wondering, well, how much do I need to invest?

If you pay for the program in full, that's $9.97 US dollars. You have 12-month access.

So you get access to the general publication formula.

Our step-by-step online course. All the worksheets, tumblers, checklists, the twi… Sorry. Twice a monthly live feedback calls.

Um, we also record them. Um, weekly co-writing sessions, monthly writing retreats.

Our quarterly strategic planning workshops and the monthly prompts, our accountability club.

The exclusive access to our community. plus the two bonuses. I was submitted in 8 weeks Trello board bonus.

and the Article Accelerator Live workshops. And these are only… these two bonuses you only get.

If you decide to enroll within the next 7 days.

by November 5th. So, with a pay in full, you get a discount of $167.

However, you can also choose paying with a payment plan.

Um, if you're now asking, well, do I still get access to the exact same things on the payment plan? Yes. It's the exact same program.

Just that you pay 97 USD per month for 12 months. So you have an initial 12-month commitment.

you get the general publication formula, workshops, samples, checklists, twice-monthly feedback calls, weekly co-writing, monthly writing retreats, quarterly strategic planning workshops, monthly writing prompts, accountability club, community, the two bonuses, it's all also included.

And I haven't announced this yet, but publicly, but we will be raising our prices next year, because we haven't raised our prices in a hot minute.

So, honestly, there'll never be a better time to join.

All right, I think the question isn't how much time you could save by mastering a repeatable system to write clear and concise papers.

It is what may happen to your career if you do.

If you paid $97 today, how much time could you save throughout your whole career?

Remember Maria, who managed to attract media attention with her second ever article that she wrote?

Until you'll see who managed to get impressive feedback from her co-authors, and really cut down on time to submission.

And time to publication. Agea, who can now write complete drafts reliably in just 4 weeks.

And Gabriella, who had the easiest peer review ever after using the general publication formula.

Here's the special link again to get both bonuses.

Anna Clewence.com slash invited? And… we have come to the Q&A part of the webinar.

We have about 15 minutes now for questions. Actually.

I was a bit slower. I was a bit slower than when I did the practice run. Um, but I'm happy to stay longer.

Uh, however long you need me here. Um… Just one thing before we dive into questions, again, please put questions in the Q&A box so I can see them.

Um, but as for the bonuses, so the… Article Accelerator will expire next Wednesday, 5th of November.

at 11.59pm. Actually, this is… Pacific time, not UTC, anyway.

Um, and also the submitted in 8 weeks Trello board.

will only be included at no extra cost if you join by November 5th.

Alrighty, let's see… What, everyone.

What questions, everyone? Hats…

All right, Dr. Mawi… Um, can a storytelling… can storytelling replace literature review? Which is best suited or related to our research project?

No. So… Literature… a literature review you will include in a lot of papers, right? In some fields, it's called, like, an introduction section, others have, like, a theoretical background, a literature review section, something like that.

Um, you always want to have that. The storytelling is a technique for how to write those sections, like how to write, actually, each section of your paper.

So, like, storytelling is, like, an approach to how you approach writing that section, to not make it, like.

to not make it, I guess, boring. And to make sure that it really flows, and really prepares your reader very well for the results that you're about to see.

Okay, um… Yashmin, very good question. What should you have in place before you start writing the story of your paper? Love that question, thank you.

Ideally, you have all the data. So, I am not a big fan of, because I simply think it's not time efficient.

to write your paper before you have all your data.

Before, you have… you have the data collected, and you've analyzed the data. So you kind of know what the findings are.

Okay, maybe don't know yet. Oh, will I include every finding, or maybe I need to run something else here or there?

But you have a bit of an idea, you know, that yes, this could be a paper, and then you start developing a story. You can.

Um, start developing the story as well. Before that, if you're not quite sure, just to see, is this a paper, you know? Like, the storytelling framework is a really nice tool, just to see, oh.

Is this actually a good story? Um, for the paper that I'm aiming for? Or is this… is this a big enough story, you know?

It's a really good tool for that.

Oh, that's a question about Creative Commons license. Honestly.

You… so, Dr. Mahesh asks, ethical boundary and utilizing materials, tables, figures as such from open access papers that permit unlimited reproduction owing to Creative Commons license.

I would always… I don't know, you have to, um… you have to check.

with… with the journals, like, you might need to get a permission, like, always read licenses.

very thoroughly, like, both. for the papers that you want to reproduce figures from. Like, this is often done in review papers, right? This is not a weird thing on unethical thing.

Um, but often you do need to get permission from that journal, so just read the text properly, or carefully, and also the journal that you want to get published in, check the policies.

see that, you know, it's, um… what they require.

Someone asked me, what do you recommend between ChatGPT and Cloud AI?

Okay. I don't think you need any of these tools.

I don't know. Um… I'm not using a lot of generative AI at all, so I'm not the best person to ask.

I think if you… want to learn.

how to develop the skill. to develop your story, you know? You have the skill, you have data, and you have the skill, okay, I have whatever data I gather, I have the skill to turn this into a story.

to turn that story into a paper. That's what I can teach you. Like, you're really in the right place. Um, in the research I was writing academy, if that's the skill you want to learn.

I see the use of ChatGPT and other generative AI tools more in the later stages of the process.

Like, or Grammarly, for example, can be super useful, you know, can catch, like, some kind of, like, grammatical errors and things like that.

Um, for proofreading, things like that. Even if you're a non-native speaker, it can be sometimes super helpful if you don't quite get the word. You know, that's what I use it sometimes for, like.

I type in… you can do this in, like, your first language, you just type in what you want to say.

or you kind of describe the world, and you can get suggestions. Like, this is what I think ChatGPT can be good for.

Um, and other tools. But for the actual process of writing a really, really good paper.

I don't know. I wouldn't use it, I wouldn't use it to produce.

bigger parts of the text. Um, because of what we talked about earlier, but happy to talk about it more if anyone has more, like, specific questions. I don't want to ramble on.

Okay, great question as well. Do you include literature reviews and or data analysis in this framework, or you assume you have completed this before we start? Okay, this is similar to what I answered before.

Um… It's not actually… both data analysis and literature, like, doing a literature review, meaning, like, reading the literature.

is not really part of the process. I mean, data analysis is not part of the process. I assume you have done this before.

Um, the literature review… Ideally, you have done at least.

some sort of literature review. I think as you start going through the story, key story elements, who you'll maybe notice, oh, I need to do some more research in this area or that area.

Um, but it is good to have, like, a general idea of the field. Like, if this is a new field.

It's good to have some kind of background reading and have some good notes on that.

Um, it's actually a super common question, like. I've noticed that a lot of researchers, even later in their career, have.

problems, or not prob… Although literature review, like, doing a literature review can be kind of burdensome, and you kind of can get in the weeds a lot.

Um, and, like, taking notes from literature, it's a little tricky as well, um, and using… AI, to summarize things, it's also not always great, so I'm actually thinking to maybe, um… to maybe develop a system for this as well, but this is nothing that's currently included in the Academy, but something I've been thinking about. So thanks for that question.

Okay, Melanie asks, how many projects do you have live at the same time? Do you work in batches, sequentially?

Very good question, Melanie. Um… It depends.

So, I think… Yeah, so I explain, like, the ideal situation.

I think ideally, you're only… focus on one project at a time.

But then you have time. where there's, like, nothing to do on that project. So, I mean, the obvious time is when you submit it, right? And then you wait for feedback, and if it gets sent to peer review, you know, you have probably a few months, at least a few weeks.

Um, that you're off that project before you kind of have to touch it again. But there are also other kind of dead times in the project.

Um, if you work with co-authors. Because in the… we actually didn't talk about this today, but in the process that I teach, you will have.

kind of check-ins with your co-authors, especially early on, so I highly, highly recommend.

Um, agreeing on the story and the storyboard with your co-authors.

before you continue. Like, this is what makes the writing process super efficient later on, because you have agreed on the, kind of, fundamentals.

Um, and while you wait for that feedback from your co-authors.

Um, you could touch… touch something else, and she could start another project, you know? If you have, like, regular writing time in your schedule, you're like, okay, I do want to.

I do want to do something. So having, like, kind of two… um, is good, but I would always be very clear on the priority.

of, like, which one is the one project that I'm prioritizing right now. Because otherwise, basically, we want to take away the, like, kind of second guessing.

Because that's so dangerous, because… it, like, just wastes time and, like, kind of mental capacity if we, like, have to think, well, um.

should I work on this, or would it be better to work on that? You know, we kind of get trapped in this, like, back and forth.

And we don't, like, start a writing session and, like, get straight into it. Um, so I would be just very clear on the priorities, and in the course, we actually have a Trello board.

that psychic publication pipeline kind of thing, where you can see all the projects you have.

alive, um, and can kind of move them through the different stages like a Kanban board.

Um, like, Trello's really good for that. Um… So, yeah, let me know if you have any follow-up questions on that, or whether that's answered it.

Um, actually, yeah, one thing. It's also… usually more efficient, or more productive to, um.

finish one project, submit it. You know, you move… you get your wins quicker, as opposed to you kind of work on several things at the same time. Not only do you then have the problem of, like, context switching, so you lose.

like, mental capacity, like, our brain just needs a few seconds.

Well, not second, sorry. Minutes… I mean, it depends, right? Like.

days to really get into a project, and if you, um… if you work on a lot of things at once, your subconscious doesn't really quite… isn't quite as focused. Like, we also always want to invite our subconscious, um, to help us, you know, work on stuff.

Let me just switch on my light. Sorry, it's getting dark over here with the time. We already had the daylight savings.

change, or the wintertime chains. All right.

Okay, Barbara, I would love to… I would love to start writing about outlining the story, but at the start.

I'm not sure what my story is. I find it out by writing and then rewriting. How to jump through the story if I can't just… think it out at the start.

Oh, I love this question, Barbara. I think so many people do it like this, and I totally understand.

I totally relate to this, like, this makes total sense. Of course, you don't know what the story is at the start.

And you kind of have to write and rewrite, and there you do the thinking, right?

So, I think the beauty of having a storytelling framework is that.

you get prompts that help you do the thinking without needing to do the writing, if that makes sense.

So you kind of decouple writing from thinking. Um.

Which, without a framework, it's very hard. Like, you need… you need some kind of process for it.

Um, so sorry, I can't really give you… a less… or a more tangible answer, but maybe this… I hope this makes sense to you. Like, in my opinion, yeah, this is how you can really…

develop the story from the start without having to write.

Um, and rewrite things. So it's… it's so much more time efficient doing it this way.

Okay, Barbara, another question from you. You mentioned rapid feedback loop. Do you mean integrating it into community writing meetings, or you mean that each step is fast enough to get rapid feedback?

Oh, yeah, I remember when I said this. I said this in connection with, like, how, like, how helpful having a community is, right? So… I meant that you have people there you can ask for feedback. I mean, you can ask me for feedback and other writing coaches on the feedback calls we have.

You can also ask us in the community, we often give you feedback on there as well. But you also have other people, so just having other people.

to, um, get feedback from, you know, fast, just helps you to, um, to implement.

Um, or to improve a lot faster.

Also, though. Um… You're also right, though, with the second part of your question, when you say, oh, do you mean that each step is fast enough to get rapid feedback?

That is also true, actually, because you, um… The co-author feedbacks are kind of built in the process.

So that, after you develop your story, you get this to co-authors. So you get feedback a lot earlier, so you don't have to write a whole full draft.

I put a lot of time into it. You put the, like, what did we have a couple hours into that, or… I mean, I don't know, 6, 7 hours, I mean, however long it takes you, the more often you have done this.

the more well-versed you are in your field, etc, the more papers you've written, the faster it will be. Um, and you… bring your quarters first just the storyboard and the story elements.

And get feedback on that, you know, like… So, that saves time, too, in that sense. I hope that makes sense.

Okay, someone asked, what if I discover I cannot commit fully after 2 months?

So yet, with a payment plan, we do require the full 12 months. Like, you sign this in our terms and conditions.

That if you join with a payment plan. you sort of enter a legal contract that you will pay for 12 months.

So… that is kind of it. Um… you do have to, like, please only join if you know that you can commit.

to the full 12 months. It takes some time, you know? It takes time to write, it takes time… we offer a lot of things in the Academy. There's a lot of support, and the way you kind of implement the support is a bit step-by-step. So first, you will go through the general publication formula. First, you will start.

you know, writing. You know, you do… things about step-by-step, so it will take some time.

to use all the features of the programs. This is why we require this, like, initial 12 months.

commitment.

Uh… hey, let me… sorry, let me just read through the last ones.

Oops, sorry. Um, does the framework work, and or do you recommend it used for humanities papers, media, culture, literature, formal analysis?

James, good question. Um, we generally don't work with folks in the humanities.

Just because… In my experience, papers in the humanities I've written a little differently.

Um, however, if you… Um… If you have… if you write papers based on data that you gathered.

So, film analysis… No, honestly, the answer is no.

I'm wondering if it could be kind of useful for you, but the answer is no. Big… it's just a different way of writing papers, and you don't build the story in the same way, and you don't… You know, the writing process will just be different, so unfortunately…

Uh, it's this… this is an L. Uh, the Researchers Writing Academy really is for those empirical papers, for those.

That are based on data you have gathered, um… And… yeah. For… for the science fields.

All right.

Okay, now the field fit question. Is the program a great fit for those in computer science?

Um, yes, we have had… people in computer science in the program. I think there are a few differences in your field, as you don't do as many journal publications.

You present your work more through conference papers. Um, but the actual writing of the paper, like, the actual process is very similar.

Um. Yeah, I can think of a few people we've had in computer science, but… It's also a big topic, so feel free to email us with more specifics.

Um, but also, I should mention, and I totally forgot to mention this before during the presentation, we do have a 14 days money-back guarantee.

So, if you… want to have a look, you know? We want you to feel really, really confident.

that this is the right program for you, and we are confident this is a great program, but.

If, for whatever reason, you feel like within the first 14 days, this isn't maybe… the right fit for my field, or… there's something I don't like, you get a full refund. Um, so… That's also an option, if you want to do that.

Uh, Elizabeth, sorry, I just… not see it, okay.

A lot of research is requiring pre-registration, which includes the intro hypotheses and methods with analytic Strategy. Will this program still be helpful, since this means no data yet?

This means no data yet.

Okay, so you need to already write intro hypotheses and methods.

an analytical strategy before you have data, and your question is.

Can I use the program to write these parts?

Before the data even comes. Yes. I mean, in medical research.

it often is the way that. we work with hypotheses, and in order to do the research well, we… you as the researchers have to have a hypothesis, which you test and falsify. And… Or verify. And, um…

The storytelling approach is a little bit different from the hypothesis approach.

So it's not a perfect fit, honestly. Um, because with a storytelling approach, you do more, like, of a, like.

Um… what's the word? Reverse engineering of.

your story. So you look at your data, and based on your data, you pull the story, right?

Um, so when you work with hypotheses. It's not one-to-one applicable, but we've had so many medical researchers and health researchers in the academy.

So, I'm wondering… I'm thinking back to feedback calls I've had where I looked at papers like that.

There is, like, there will be parts of the program that will be applicable, like, especially the… like, her foundations of clear and concise writing, like the figures lesson, the paragraph structure lesson, like, the whole flow lesson. I think the whole idea of how to develop.

paragraphs, um, and sections will be super helpful. And the storytelling… would be interesting. I mean, I would be super happy on a feedback call to help you make this work.

for papers like this, or for communications like this, um, where you require the pre-registration, where you have to enter the hypothesis.

In the end, sorry, I'm thinking while I'm speaking. In the end, now I'm thinking, um.

you could write this, you could use the storytelling approach for this, and your hypothesis in this.

scenario, we will treat it as your findings. So, by having the hypotheses, we treat them as your findings, we define the narrow and broad problem based on that, right, the intro based on that.

Um, the numbering problem is what kind of spans the intro.

and the methods, and the analytics strategy. follows from that… Yeah. I mean, you know, sorry for the long, long-winded answer, I hope this makes sense.

It… it does, um… it won't work, like, one-to-one, but there's a way to make it work, and there's still a lot of… part that will work in your case. But feel free to ask follow-up questions!

how many participants do you have at the moment, and the researchers Writing Academy? Do you have time to support personally each one of them?

We have currently about 150, maybe? Um, it varies a lot.

Um, so that there's always… probably there's, like, several hundred people in.

in the academy, and… Well, we do have time. We have definitely time to support you in the ways.

that we have… that have outlined before, so the weekly accountability club, like, if you post, we will definitely follow up with you, you know, in the feedback call if you submit something, we definitely get back to you, no matter how many submissions we have that day. If you run out of time.

you know, there's other… you definitely will get your feedback. Um, so don't be worried that.

you won't be, um… heard or seen or get feedback. Um…

I would say, though, this is not a one-to-one.

program. So, it is not… it is a group program. So, the cause.

up in a group, you know, the feedback will be in the group, but there's definitely enough time for each person, and it really varies, like, some people.

interact a lot, and we hear a lot from them. There's other people, honestly. We have members who have been members since we started.

And we have not once spoken to them, and they write us emails.

you know, spoken to them on Zoom or anything, and they write us an email saying how helpful it is. Like, people just vary so much.

In terms of what parts of the program they use, that, yeah, we definitely have capacity to, um.

To support you. Um… within the program.

kind of features. Cool.

This one must hit. Okay. You mentioned the program is not good for humanities. What about social sciences? What about the type of empirical data, quantitative versus qualitative? Ah, very good question.

Um, yeah, so social sciences, we have a lot of social sciences on, we have had a lot of social scientists in the program. Definitely works.

Feel free to let me know what your field is, or send us an email or something. Always happy to, um… If someone could… if I can tell you one, if you could put our email in the chat, um, for people to reach out to if they want to, like, elaborate on their field and their research topic, we're super happy to… to give more guidance based from our experience.

Um, the type of empirical data really doesn't matter, like, it can be quantitative or qualitative, or mixed methods.

Um, we are actually… I'm actually currently developing more… Um, lessons that are specifically for qualitative data.

As a lot of the examples in the course so far are quantitative, but we've had a lot of members support things qualitative.

like, writing based on qualitative data to us in the feedback calls, so we have a lot of, like, recordings.

that we've referenced in the lessons as well, where I review qualitative data, but I've also developed some more.

broader concepts that kind of fit both. It really… the nature of the data really doesn't matter. It works.

for both. The same.

Okay, next question. What if your research is about changing existing story?

Not sure what that means, Veena. Feel free to elaborate… Because I'm not so sure what you mean by that. Sorry.

Okay, last one from Oksana Tokachuk. oh, you have the same last name as one of my favorite authors ever. Olga Takarczyk. She's a Polish author, really, really good.

What about the usefulness of the method for empirical papers in the field of economics and management?

What about the usefulness? Oh, I see. Uh, no, economics… economics and management works well.

We have had… I remember a few quite active members.

who were in economic… economics, um, and finance and management, and it works really well.

Um, so yeah, I know sometimes in economics, your papers follow a little bit different structures, or you are… Not structures, sorry. I'm getting tired, because I've been… what I'm looking for was one and a half hours, but um…

the sections, you have a bit different sections sometimes in economics papers, um, so you're a bit freer in a way. You're not quite as boxed in as people in the, like, sciences.

But, um, it still works well, because the sections.

you know, they do map onto each other, and super happy to help on feedback calls, you know, to make it work.

And to brainstorm, you know, where to put what, etc. But definitely works.

That was the last question I saw here. Let's see… If there's anything else, put it in the Q&A box now, I'm having now a quick… Um… Quick look at the chat…

Okay, I see a lot of questions repeated in the chat. Well…

Anyway, I think nobody has any more questions? So… Thank you for joining me today. This has been such a pleasure.

Um, I would love to welcome you in the Researchers Writing Academy. If the time is right for you.

And, um… Yeah, thanks to my Ketcha and Yvonne from my team in the chat.

Um, have a lovely rest of the day, everyone. Thank you so much!

for joining, staying to the very end! Well, Don, and yeah, email us if you have any more questions.

We will send out the recording later today.

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