Writing Advice for Interesting Times

Here are five techniques for refocusing your mind and getting motivated to write this summer

"Launching from the semester’s end into summer is usually celebrated as a special kind of academic freedom, a chance to get lost in projects and flex your intellectual muscles. But what we’re hearing these days from writers across disciplines at a range of institutions is that it’s proving hard to get motivated.

And yet now is when the world needs more thinkers and writers. More expert research shared with more people. More big ideas that change minds. To help writers stay motivated so that they can deliver on that, we rely on five techniques. These techniques will help you refocus your mind and raise your spirits so you can get your work out into the world and be where you want to be by the start of the next academic year." [Not just for faculty!]

For the full article, visit: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/advancing-faculty/2025/06/18/five-techniques-finding-summer-writing