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Budgeting for skilled editing support is one of the smartest decisions you can make as a doctoral student. It saves time, reduces stress, and leads to higher-quality work. More importantly, it positions you for a smoother dissertation journey—and a stronger scholarly trajectory.

Timed free writing helps you shift from inertia to momentum, separate idea generation from editing, and discover latent ideas that you didn’t even realize you held.

If you’re an early-career faculty member staring down your first tenure or promotion portfolio, you’re not alone. Here are five common mistakes I often see (and how to sidestep them with style).

When you begin assembling your tenure or promotion faculty portfolio, it’s easy to treat each section—research, teaching, and service—as a separate task. But the most persuasive portfolios tell a story: one that is woven together by a unifying theme that connects every area of your professional life.

One simple but powerful tool for building academic writing focus and momentum is the Pomodoro Technique. This post breaks down how to use it step by step, and why it’s useful for dissertations, writing scholarly articles, and other high-focus academic writing projects.

Burnout doesn’t mean you’re not capable of finishing your dissertation or other long-form academic project. It means you need new strategies for working with your brain, your body, and your project. Here are five strategies to manage and prevent writing burnout.

LGBTQ+ new college students can use this practical checklist to find community, assert your rights, and flourish on your own terms on campus.

By Rhiannon Maton, Ph.D.  | Strategic Writing Consulting LLC Academic Writing Consultant for Faculty, Graduate Students, and future College students | Dissertation Writing Support | High-Stakes Academic Writing Coach If you’ve ever sat staring at your freshly drafted article and thought, “Now what? Where should this even go?” —you’re not alone. Choosing the right journal can feel almost as intimidating as writing the article itself. The good news: with some strategy (and a li

Your perspective is exactly what college admissions officers want to see: a story that feels authentic, original, and deeply connected to who you are. In this post, I’ll share strategies for selecting an essay topic that highlights your strengths as a neurodivergent writer while keeping admissions goals in mind.

This post includes the lessons I wish someone had told me back then, along with some of the strategies I now share with clients to help them write clear, compelling, and complete portfolios—without burning out in the process.

I walk you through five essential methods design strategies that every doctoral student should implement before writing begins. I’ll offer quick examples, practical tips, and expert insight grounded in years of providing students with dissertation assistance.

Here’s why research design deserves your early attention—and how to make it work for you.

To stand out in a sea of exceptional applicants, you need a strategy — one that highlights your unique strengths, tells your story powerfully, and positions you for success.

Strategic Writing Consulting LLC helps graduate students plan and execute rigorous, well-organized, and creative high-stakes writing projects--including theses and dissertations.

I’m Rhiannon Maton, Ph.D., an Ivy League–trained scholar, tenured faculty member, and writing consultant who has helped students and academics at every stage of their learning trajectory and career turn ambitious goals into tangible results. I offer personalized, one-on-one support tailored to your unique project — whether it’s a university application essay, a 200-page dissertation, or a faculty portfolio.