academic writing

4. ADVENTURES OF A FIRST-TIME AUTHOR: MY WRITING STRATEGIES

As I mentioned elsewhere, my first book was not based on the dissertation, and I actually researched and wrote it from scratch while on the tenure track. The difficulty of such a task forced me to follow a punishing writing routine and develop an effective writing process, as described in previous posts. But neither of […]

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3. ADVENTURES OF A FIRST-TIME AUTHOR: THE WRITING PROCESS

“Writing is a process.” That was the mantra that was drilled into my head by countless teachers since about fifth or sixth grade. Yet it wasn’t until I wrote my first book that I developed a thoughtful, individualized writing process that worked for me. So in this post, I wanted to share my writing process,

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2. ADVENTURES OF A FIRST-TIME AUTHOR: THE WRITING ROUTINE

The most common advice that first time authors receive is that they should develop a writing routine. There’s a great deal of good suggestions on the internet about writing routines for academic authors. Authors are encouraged to write every day at least for an hour and more when possible, but they should stop writing after

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