… The purpose of the Houston Dissertation Writing Group is to provide support in order to make daily progress on one's dissertation (or candidacy paper or thesis).   While the majority of our time is spent on silent writing, we also: 1) set goals to complete by the end of the meet-up session, 2) conduct our own research (e.g., reading articles, organizing notes, searching the library databases for more resources, etc.), 3) do a 30-minute timed writing session (with a timer) as a group, 4) debrief …