Advice for graduate students and faculty members on scholarly productivity, with suggestions on how to write more — and better — with less angst.
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After years of doling out advice on how to get more writing done, an academic has a revelation: Sometimes it’s OK to be lazy.
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It’s time to wrest that article or manuscript from your neurotic mitts.
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Many struggling scholarly writers delete too much too soon. Why not save your ugly prose for a bit, and give it a chance to bloom?
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Episode 1: This is an Intervention. Even if you’re (sort of) making your deadlines, your work schedule might be out of balance.
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In Episode 2 of the “Are You Writing?” series: some much better advice to replace a popular productivity tip that doesn’t work for most people.
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In the third installment of this series on writing productivity, a quick lesson in how to take semester breaks off — forever.
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A tried-and-true technique can help you resume a project that has stalled for personal or professional reasons.