An intensive 8-week small-group implementation experience
Stop collecting articles. Start building your literature review.
This is for doctoral scholars who have gathered the literature but feel stuck between reading, summarizing, synthesizing, and actually writing.
Scholar, you probably don't need 10 more articles. You need to put the articles you already have to WORK.
Book a Literature Review Clarity Call8-week small-group implementation experience
Six small-group Scholar Support Sessions
Structured written feedback
A focused container for the work you already know needs to happen.
You are not incapable
You are doing a lot of work. It just may not be the work that moves the review forward.
You read. You highlight. You take careful notes. You write summaries that make perfect sense on their own.
Then the blank page asks you to bring it all together, and the path from individual articles to an actual synthesis feels invisible. So you return to reading. You collect a few more sources. You tell yourself you are getting ready.
Read with writing in mind.
The goal isn't to stop reading. It's to change how you read. When you read with your literature review in mind, you begin identifying the information, connections, and themes that will help you WRITE.
The shift
Your sources are ready to have a conversation.
The Lab helps you move from reading and collecting into the thinking and writing that turns research into a literature review.
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Compare
See what your sources say alongside one another.
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Connect
Name the patterns, tensions, and relationships.
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Synthesize
Turn separate findings into a meaningful argument.
04
WRITE
Put the thinking into paragraphs that move.
At some point, Scholar, you have to stop preparing to write and WRITE.
The implementation
This is where we stop preparing to write—and write.
The Just Write Literature Review Lab™ is not eight weeks of sitting through lessons about how to write a literature review.
We're working on YOUR literature review.
You'll bring your own articles, summaries, themes, questions, and writing. Together, we'll use the Just D.A.N.C.E. Framework™ to help you move from individual studies to connections, synthesis, and writing.
You'll learn the process, apply it to your own literature, receive written feedback and support, and then repeat the process as you continue building your literature review.
COMPARE
CONNECT
SYNTHESIZE
WRITE
Introducing the Lab
A small-group writing room for your literature review.
The Just Write Literature Review Lab™ is an 8-week small-group implementation experience for doctoral scholars ready to move from a collection of articles, notes, summaries, and unfinished sections toward a complete working draft.
This is not an eight-week course about how to write a literature review. It is a guided small-group implementation experience where you work on your literature review.
Book a Literature Review Clarity CallThe outcome
High expectations. High support.
Over eight focused weeks, you will work through your literature review with a clear rhythm, honest feedback, and a place to bring the questions that keep slowing you down.
Scholars who complete the Just Write WORK and consistently apply the process are positioned to leave with a complete working draft of their literature review—ready for continued revision, refinement, and chair/committee review.
The 8-week experience
A steady arc from first bucket to next moves.
Week 1 — Roadmap + First Bucket
Get oriented, make a plan, and begin with the literature you already have.
Week 2 — Strengthen the Foundation
Clarify the structure and strengthen the pieces your argument needs.
Week 3 — Synthesize Together
Practice connecting sources and turning notes into synthesis.
Week 4 — JUST WRITE: Writing Week
Stop preparing and give the thinking a written form.
Week 5 — Draft + Feedback
Get your draft in front of supportive, structured eyes and know what to do next.
Week 6 — Repeat + WRITE
Use the process again, with more clarity and less friction.
Week 7 — JUST WRITE: Writing Week
Protect the writing time and build the draft toward completion.
Week 8 — Complete + Next Moves
Finish the working draft and leave with a practical revision path.
What's included
Everything you need to keep the writing close.
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Support that stays close
Work alongside a small group of no more than 10 doctoral scholars with coaching, written feedback, and accountability designed to keep your literature review moving.
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Two dedicated JUST WRITE Writing Weeks
Protected momentum for drafting—not just planning to draft someday.
03
Structured written feedback
Clear guidance on what is working, what needs a stronger connection, and what to do next.
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The Just D.A.N.C.E. Framework™
A practical way to move from reading and summarizing toward comparing, connecting, synthesizing, and writing.
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Just Write WORK between sessions
Structured weekly work that turns a good intention into a repeatable practice.
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Supporting literature review resources and training
The right support at the right moment, applied to the literature review you actually need to finish.
The partnership
High support and scholar responsibility can live in the same room.
Dr. Dana provides
- Strategy for the work in front of you.
- Structure that makes the next step visible.
- Feedback that is honest and actionable.
- Accountability that helps you keep moving.
- Support when the work gets complicated.
You are responsible for
- Completing the Just Write WORK.
- Implementing the feedback you receive.
- Protecting your writing time.
- Doing the writing.
This is partnership, not rescue.
Who the Lab is for
You might recognize yourself here.
- ✓You have already collected relevant literature.
- ✓You have articles, notes, and summaries—but no synthesis.
- ✓You have pieces of a draft but feel stuck.
- ✓You want structure, feedback, accountability, and small-group support.
- ✓You are working toward completing the literature review.
Meet Dr. Dana
I know what it feels like to be the one who always figures it out…until you can't.
Dana A. Gathers, Ph.D. (Dr. Dana) is a Dissertation Writing Coach and Founder of Just Write Dissertation Coaching, LLC.
I was the high achiever. The responsible one. The person who could usually figure things out.
And then I met the dissertation.
I know what it feels like to read, prepare, overthink, avoid, and quietly wonder why something you are fully capable of doing feels so difficult to move forward.
My own dissertation journey taught me that completing this work requires more than knowing how to conduct research. Sometimes you need a clear process, protected writing time, honest feedback, accountability, and support.
Today, I help doctoral scholars create a supported path from stuck to submitted—without taking ownership of the work that belongs to them.
You do the writing. I help you create the structure and support to keep moving.
You bring the research. I'll help you turn it into writing.
Scholar results
What happens when scholars stop trying to carry the writing alone?
“With her support, I was able to complete and revise my literature review and successfully pass my dissertation proposal and ultimately defend my dissertation.”
Dr. Ashley
“I had no idea it would be to this magnitude. During my first 90 days in the Proposal Lab, I submitted Chapters 1–3 to my chair with confidence and clarity. Because of this work, I now see myself as a scholar and I write as such.”
Becoming Dr. Janeisha
“If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have this degree. I took your coaching and guidance and it prepared me to confidently deliver my presentation and respond to five thought-provoking questions from my committee. I am still adjusting to the title Dr.”
Dr. Phyllis
Founding cohort
FOUNDING COHORT INVESTMENT
Choose the payment option that fits your current season. You are not enrolling or purchasing directly from this section. We’ll discuss fit and where you currently are in your literature review on the call, so you do not have to decide from this page.
$997 PAID IN FULL
Includes a Founding Cohort Bonus: One 30-minute private Scholar Support Session with Dr. Dana.
OR
2 PAYMENTS OF $550
$1,100 total investment
The private Scholar Support Session is included only with the $997 paid-in-full option and is not included with the two-payment option.
This introductory investment is available exclusively for the founding cohort of The Just Write Literature Review Lab™.
The Just Write Literature Review Lab is intentionally limited to no more than 10 scholars so you can receive meaningful coaching, feedback, and support while benefiting from writing in community with other doctoral scholars.
The next step is a conversation
Book a Literature Review Clarity Call
During our call, we'll talk about where you currently are in your literature review, what you've already completed, where you're getting stuck, and whether The Just Write Literature Review Lab™ is the right level of support for where you are right now.
You do not have to decide from this website. The next step is simply a conversation.
Come with the work you have.
Choose your time
Book your Literature Review Clarity Call.
Ready to explore whether The Lab is the right next step for your literature review? Let's talk.
Book a Literature Review Clarity Call