How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing, 2nd edition

All academics need to write, but many struggle to finish their dissertations, articles, books, or grant proposals. Writing is hard work and can be difficult to wedge into a frenetic academic schedule. How can we write it all while still having a life?
 
In this second edition of his popular guidebook, Paul Silvia offers fresh advice to help you overcome barriers to writing and use your time more productively. After addressing some common excuses and bad habits, he provides practical strategies to motivate students, professors, researchers, and other academics to become better and more prolific writers. Silvia draws from his own experience in psychology to explain how to write, submit, and revise academic work, from journal articles to books, all without sacrificing evenings, weekends, and vacations. The tips and strategies in this second edition have been updated to apply to academic writing in most disciplines. Also new to this edition is a chapter on writing grant and fellowship proposals.

From the Publisher

Table of Contents

Preface

1. Introduction
2. Specious Barriers to Writing A Lot
3. The Care and Feeding of Writing Schedules
4. Starting a Writing Group
5. A Brief Foray Into Style
6. Writing Journal Articles
7. Writing Books
8. Writing Proposals for Grants and Fellowships
9. "The Good Things Still to Be Written"

References

Index

About the Author