How to Write a Lot (2nd Edition)

A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing

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.

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Funny ready but not exactly what I was looking for

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

Hard to Listen To

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

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

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

Absolutely Hilarious & useful

The comedy itself is enough to justify the reading. And indeed there are many uses tips. But he kind of dismissed writer’s block as not real which didn’t feel very helpful.

Have a schedule

The book is only a about a single idea: have a schedule of writing. there are no other arguments in it and it's quite repetitive. it's an important point for sure, and perhaps motivational to listen, but the argument doesn't get any more particular.