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How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.042
EAN: 9781591477433
Edition: 1
ISBN: 1591477433
Label: American Psychological Association (APA)
Manufacturer: American Psychological Association (APA)
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 149
Publication Date: January 15, 2007
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Studio: American Psychological Association (APA)
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Editorial Review:
All students and professors need to write, and many struggle to finish their stalled dissertations, journal articles, book chapters, or grant proposals. Writing is hard work and can be difficult to wedge into a frenetic academic schedule. In this practical, lighthearted and encouraging book, Paul J Silvia explains that writing productively doesnot require innate skills or special traits but specific tactics and actions. Drawing examples from his own field: psychology, he shows readers how to overcome motivational roadblocks and become prolific without sacrificing evenings, weekends and vactions. After describing strategies for writing productively, the author gives advise from the trenches on how to write, submit, revise, and resubmit articles: how to improve writing quality; and how to write and publish academic work.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - A Revelation and Absolute Necessity
This is the best investment a graduate student or academic can make. It would be worthwhile at $500, let alone a mere $10. While other books may encourage some of the same behaviors prescribed by Paul Silvia, *no* other how-to guide so brutally, convincingly, and entertainingly demolishes the excuses that you tell yourself when you're procrastinating. Other how-to's merely give advice, while this book positively demands productivity from you.
As a result of Silvia's work, I went from ... Read More
Rating: - Insightful and Realistic
This book was great. It's full of useful and realistic information. Nothing touchy-feelie or New Age here. I wasn't asked to "get centered" or in touch with my chakras. Just practical information and guidance. This book is written for academics -- which I am not -- but I still find it helpful for my own creative writing needs.
Rating: - Very encouraging!
I've been feeling bad since my papers got rejected. This book makes me feel much better when I read the "blistering rejction" included in the book as an example.
I totally agree with the author that "the world is unfaire (p<.001)" :). I will follow his idea to take what I can from the reviews, revise my paper, and send it somewhere else.
Thanks Paul for writing such a great book!
Rating: - 1500 words per day
I read this book in early May. On May 7, I began writing my dissertation proposal. On June 6 (today), I turned it in; it is 106 pages (including several figures and tables) and contains over 25,000 words.
On the days I wrote, I averaged over 1500 words per day. On the days I didn't write, I still had Writing Hours, and worked on the figures, tables, references, etc. Without this book, I would not have had Writing Hours and I would not have written as high quality a prospectus as I did. ... Read More
Rating: - Great book
This is a great book, easy to read, and packed with excellent examples for the academic writer.
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