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Binding: PaperbackDewey 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) Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: 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. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Pragmatic and simple as the truthDoing my dissertation time by time I read these kind of books to motivate myself more than to get advice from them. This book is different, because it does not try to analyze all these psychological barriers why it is so difficulty to do an dissertation or to write academic texts. It simply is telling you the truth about writing processes. The good news is: it is simple and you can learn it, bad news is: writing will loose some of its glorious nimbus. But exactly that is the way it goes: you have ... Read More Rating: - A Revelation and Absolute NecessityThis 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 RealisticThis 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 dayI 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 
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