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you can try free write with no editing for a set amount of time. It helped me too. Leave the typos, don’t worry about flow. Just put Ref where you need a reference - look it up later. Edit for the same time again. This should get you out of writers block.

I'm a first year PhD student and I'm trying to write my first formal progress report which (if you don't know) is just a summary of my project, my progress up to yet, my methods and my future plans. I'm having a bit of writer's block - maybe it's the impostor syndrome but I feel less able to write a good piece of work.
I'm doubting everything I write and struggling to come up with a good way to start and finish my writing.
So what are your best academic writing tips?