How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing (2018 New Edition) (APA LifeTools Series)

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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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2019 2007

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Fresh advice to help overcome barriers to writing and use time more productively.

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Tips and strategies have been updated to apply to academic writing.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ APA LifeTools
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 25, 2018
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 110 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1433829738
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1433829734
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.5 x 7.75 inches
Part of series ‏ : ‎ APA LifeTools Series
Best Sellers Rank: #33,291 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #7 in Academic & Scholarly Writing #9 in Research Reference Books #29 in Words, Language & Grammar Reference
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