How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing (2nd Edition)

Written by Paul J. Silvia, PhD

Narrated by Chris Sorensen

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Jun 15, 2021
• ISBN: 9781666111545

Reviews for How to Write a Lot

[Craig Beall · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great book, loved it. Fairly short and to the point. The author spells out the key message of "make a writing schedule" into 300+ pages of humorous anecdotes and great writing tips. Would highly recommend (and will do so) to lots of my colleagues and I may even come back to this book later...when I need to hear the advice again.