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How to Write a Lot (2nd Edition)

A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing

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How to Write a Lot (2nd Edition)

By: Paul J. Silvia PhD
Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
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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.

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Funny ready but not exactly what I was looking for. I enjoyed the book but was hopeful for a little more

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I loved every single minute of this audio book. This product was very informative and intriguing.

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A must read for those in academia. Ready to implement the ideas highlighted in this book. This book will be one of those rereads that I will use to stay motivated.

Loved this! Quick but helpful

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Perfectly fine book read by an utterly overemphasized voice, which ruins the otherwise appreciated humor.

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The book brought me back to basics of writing, which was nice. It's a good listen for new and old writers.

It was a good primer to remind myself how to write.

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The author is very practical and thoughtful and covers important issues any aspiring or current academic would certainly face during their career

The book I never knew I needed

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This author has the priceless talent of writing a book that is engaging and entertaining to read, while also sharing valuable, practical strategies for building good writing habits

What a great book to geek out on

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Funny and motivating. I am now looking forward to being old and excited about retiring to write a book!

Grad students read this book

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As a professional engineer with years of industry experience getting his PhD full time this book is powerful. Developing a schedule and gaining best practices from this book make me confident I can meet and exceed my writing goals! Provided I create a following writing plans:)

Practical & Entertainibg

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Outstanding listen!!! Packed with useful information and sensible guidelines. No portion is terribly revolutionary in itself, but in total it is much more than the sum of its parts.

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