Successful doctoral studies: Creating a draft exposé: An exposé plays an important role at the beginning of a doctoral process: it helps to focus on content and clarify ideas, serves as a means of communication, and can be used as part of an application. In addition, writing an exposé can be seen as a “pre-test” for doctoral studies: Do you have the skills and motivation to start an academic project on your own? Are research and writing given sufficient priority in everyday life? In the writing workshop, key factors in creating an exposé are identified and initial text blocks are written individually. The necessary milestones for the next steps are discussed and set out in an individual schedule.