I'm in year six of my PhD. I've been "writing" my dissertation for three of those years. In quotes because most days I just rearranged paragraphs and cried. My advisor kept saying "just send me something." I couldn't. I was stuck. Completely frozen. Then a friend — someone who finished two years ago — told me she used a dissertation coach. Not a writer. A coach. Someone who helped her break the project into tiny pieces. I was skeptical. But I was also desperate.
Click here to see the service she recommended — and I booked a session. Best $75 I ever spent. The coach didn't write a single word for me. But she taught me how to write again. How to stop obsessing over chapter one before starting chapter two. How to write ugly first drafts. How to forgive myself for being slow. That was six months ago.
I've written 120 pages since then. Are they good? Some of them. Are they done? They will be. I used to think asking for help was weakness. Now I know it's the smartest thing I ever did. If you're stuck like I was? Get help. Just don't let someone else do the work. The work is yours. But the map? Someone else can draw the map.
Click here to see the service she recommended — and I booked a session. Best $75 I ever spent. The coach didn't write a single word for me. But she taught me how to write again. How to stop obsessing over chapter one before starting chapter two. How to write ugly first drafts. How to forgive myself for being slow. That was six months ago.
I've written 120 pages since then. Are they good? Some of them. Are they done? They will be. I used to think asking for help was weakness. Now I know it's the smartest thing I ever did. If you're stuck like I was? Get help. Just don't let someone else do the work. The work is yours. But the map? Someone else can draw the map.
