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Tools that make scholarly writing easier.
Practical, ready-to-use templates, trackers, and checklists — built from 15+ years of editing dissertations and academic books. Instant download, yours to keep.
Every product reflects the same APA 7 rigor and compassionate clarity I bring to client work.
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Editor-made. Created from real manuscripts and real reviewer feedback.
Affordable. A fraction of an editing engagement — help you can use today.
APA 7 Dissertation Template — Full Edition
Open it, replace the placeholder text, and write — the formatting is already done.
A complete, pre-formatted APA 7 dissertation in Word: correct margins, spacing, and heading styles from the title page to the appendices, with a built-in guide page that walks you through using it (you delete it before you submit).
- Full front matter — title page, copyright, dedication, acknowledgments, and abstract with keywords
- Table of Contents, List of Tables, and List of Figures as live Word fields that update as you write
- Worked APA 7 table and figure examples, block quotations, and footnotes
- References section and lettered appendices that appear in your Table of Contents
Building Your Literature Review
From reading, to synthesis, to well-built paragraphs — one source at a time.
The hard part of a literature review is the middle: reading closely, taking notes you can use, seeing how studies speak to one another, and turning it into paragraphs that argue. This toolkit walks you through that middle, one repeatable step at a time.
- The guide (PDF) — read, note, synthesize, build paragraphs, draft
- Double-Entry Reading Journal (Word) — evidence and thinking, side by side
- Synthesis Matrix (Word + Excel) — sources × themes; empty cells reveal your gap
- MEAL Paragraph Scaffold (Word) — Main idea → Evidence → Analysis → Link
Managing Your Dissertation References
Keep every source, citation, and reference entry in order — without doing it all at the end.
A hundred references feels overwhelming when you picture formatting them all at once. The secret is that you never do — you manage them one source at a time, as you read, so your list is already built and every citation already has a home.
- The guide (PDF) — capture, provenance, APA 7 entries, the in-text ↔ reference audit
- Reference Provenance Log (Excel) — one row per source; build your list as you read
- Reference Audit Checklist (PDF) — the "every citation has a home" pass
- Double-Entry Reading Journal (Word) — provenance built in
The Lit-Review & Reference Toolkit
Both guides and all templates — one repeatable system, reusable for every chapter.
Everything in both toolkits, together: read with the journal, log each source, synthesize in the matrix, draft with MEAL, and audit before you submit. The whole workflow I use with clients, in one download.
- Both guides (PDF) — literature review + references
- All five working templates — journal, matrix (Word + Excel), MEAL scaffold, provenance log, audit checklist
- One connected system, first source to final audit
- Saves $5 versus the two singles
The Doctoral File Toolkit
Version control, backups, and tracked changes for the whole dissertation.
Your dissertation lives in one Word file for years — through committee rounds, editor handoffs, and defense week. The Toolkit is the simple system that keeps every version, comment, and backup under your hand, from proposal to defense.
- The Version Control Playbook — file naming, when to spin off a new version, and the merge walkthrough nobody teaches
- Tracked Changes Without Fear — reading an edited document, responding to comments, and returning it cleanly
- The 20-Minute Backup System, plus a printable Defense-Week File Checklist
- Fill-in templates: version log, chapter handoff note, and a file-naming cheat sheet
An honest note: if you have one committee, no outside collaborators, and a backup habit that already works, you may not need this — and that's a good place to be.
Not ready to buy? Start free.
Download the free APA 7 starter template — the formatting essentials, no charge — and see how I work before you spend a dollar.
Get the Free Starter TemplateQuestions, answered
How do I get my file?
Instantly — a download link is emailed right after checkout.
What if my link expires?
Links refresh automatically; a new one is sent to your purchase email.
Can I buy more than one at a time?
Downloads are one per checkout, so please order them one at a time — or grab the bundle, which puts the whole set in a single download.
Can I use these for my dissertation or book?
Yes — they're made for exactly that. For hands-on help, see my dissertation editing services or Dissertation to Publication coaching.
