The productive graduate student writer : how to manage your time, process, and energy to write your research proposal, thesis, and dissertation and get published / Jan Allen ; foreword by Chris M. Golde.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allen, Jan, author.

Contributor:

Golde, Chris M., writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academic writing--Study and teaching (Higher).

Academic writing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 199 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sterling, Virginia : Stylus, [2019]

Summary:

This book is for graduate students--and others--who want to become more productive writers. This book grew out of conversations Jan Allen has held with her graduate students for over 30 years and reflects the fruit of the writing workshops and boot camps she has conducted at three universities.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

FOREWORD

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1 WRITE EVERY DAY

2 SCHEDULE YOUR WRITING

3 WRITE EARLY IN THE DAY

4 WRITE A VERY BAD FIRST DRAFT

5 SET WRITING GOALS

6 CHART YOUR PROGRESS

7 PREPARING TO WRITE

8 WRITE BEFORE YOU WAKE UP (WHAT?)

9 WRITE WITH DEADLINES

10 DEVELOP AND USE AN OUTLINE

11 FILL YOUR RESERVOIR

12 AVOID DISTRACTIONS

13 THINK AHEAD AND PLAN BACKWARD

14 GETTING TO FLOW

15 AVOID BINGE WRITING

16 OVERCOME PERFECTIONISTIC TENDENCIES

17 STOP PROCRASTINATING-NOW

18 STAYING MOTIVATED

19 THE LAST FIVE MINUTES OF WRITING

20 YOUR WRITING ENVIRONMENT

21 STUCK?

22 REVISING AND EDITING

23 TIME MANAGEMENT

24 ENERGY MANAGEMENT

25 ADVISER MANAGEMENT

26 PRACTICE WRITING

27 USING A WRITING SUPPORT GROUP

28 RESPONSIBLE WRITING

29 WRITING A GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION

30 WRITING A GRANT PROPOSAL

31 WRITING A RESEARCH PROPOSAL

32 WRITING A THESIS

33 WRITING A DISSERTATION

34 WRITING A JOURNAL ARTICLE

35 WRITING A BOOK PROPOSAL FOR AN EDITOR OR AGENT

36 HOW TO THINK AND ACT LIKE A WRITER

APPENDICES

A YOUR WRITING SLOGAN

B WRITING GOALS AND JOURNAL

C WORD COUNT PROGRESS CHART

D TWENTY STEPS TO WRITING YOUR THESIS OR DISSERTATION PROPOSAL OR PROSPECTUS

E THINK AHEAD AND PLAN BACKWARD

F SAMPLE SCHEDULE FOR MY NEXT WRITING PROJECT

G OBSTACLES TO PRODUCTIVE WRITING

H WORKING THROUGH WRITING OBSTACLES

I PROPOSAL, THESIS, DISSERTATION PROGRESS MEETING DATE

J PEER REVIEW AND CRITIQUE

K CHOCOLATE CHIP CAKE RECIPE

L WRITING TIPS AND STRATEGIES

M RESOURCES FOR ACADEMIC WRITERS

REFERENCES

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-000-97806-0

1-00-344803-8

1-000-97280-1

1-003-44803-8

1-62036-892-7

9781003448037

OCLC:

1110720935