After the first day's workshop "Writing an introduction to a manuscript or cover", the PhD students threw themselves into their own writing. Creativity flowed all around Forum Medicum's small group rooms, under the guidance of SWEAH's mentors.
What is your best writing tip?
– To get started and not wait - to have something to start from. So just write something, even if it doesn't come out quite right from the start, says Linnea Körlof, PhD student at Luleå University of Technology.
– Get together with a few others and sit down and write for 45 minutes. Take a coffee break and then write for 45 minutes again. Without phones and email. The best time for me to write is in the morning, then my brain is most creative, says Benjamin Kröger, PhD student at Karolinska Institutet.
– Work when you have momentum, write about what is interesting for the day. I always have a lot of thoughts going on, so it can be challenging, but it is usually easier to get motivated once you are started, says Stina Larsson, PhD student from Linköping University.
– Make "mind maps", so that you have a structure before you start. Then write one step at a time based on "what", "why", "how" and "what is important?", says Sarah Nauman Ghazi, PhD student from Blekinge Institute of Technology.
– Hm, that's exactly what I'm here to find out... I think it's about sitting down and trying. And setting small goals for your writing, says Ana Sabsil López Rocha, PhD student from Karolinska Institutet.
In the evenings, SWEAH's PhD student group at Lund University arranged a pizza mingle, pool and shuffleboard gaming, as well as a joint Mexican dinner for the PhD students and mentors.
