Interlude: Community, Advice, and Specific Questions
I have an idea. And I'd love to get your advice.
Over the past few months, I've been meeting with the students in my Scientific Writing Masterclass every week. During those meetings, I've realized how much we can benefit from connecting and exchanging information with other researchers and writers.
So, I've been giving a lot of thought to the idea of creating an online community—for you! This community would be a place where you can connect with your peers to get support, share your experience, enhance your writing skills, and solve your writing problems.
I already have some ideas for the community. But I'd love to get your advice on whether you would be interested in such a community and what benefits you would want to get by joining. This community would be for you, so I want to be sure that you get to help me design it in a way that you get the most value from it.
Would you mind taking just a few minutes to answer these 5 questions? I would be so grateful for your advice.
And now for a themed round-up on advice and feedback...
💌 Round-up
💻 From My Desk
Key Questions to Ask When Reviewing Your Grant Proposal
Constructive feedback is a valuable part of writing a grant, because you can learn how to improve your project and refine your writing. But to get the most constructive feedback, you need to ask the right questions.
👓 Reading
Why Warren Buffet Believes Feedback Is A Gift and You Should Too
"...think about feedback as a gift that you welcome with open arms any time someone is willing to offer it. The more you open yourself up to collecting feedback, the more valuable data you can collect as well."
💬 Quote
“The trick to viewing feedback as a gift is to be more worried about having blind spots than hearing about them.” – James Clear
💭 Thoughts
When you ask someone for advice, you create a partnership and collaboration.
📝 Challenge
The next time you ask a colleague to review your draft, ask them specific questions so that you can get the actionable feedback you need to improve your project and writing.
Thank you so much for reading.
Warmly,
Crystal
