How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing (Lifetools: Books for the General Public)

Silvia, Paul J.

ISBN 10: 1591477433 / ISBN 13: 9781591477433

Published by Amer Psychological Assn, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing (Lifetools: Books for the General Public)
• Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1591477433
• ISBN 13: 9781591477433
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

In this practical, light-hearted, and encouraging book, Paul J. Silvia explains that writing productively does not require innate skills or special traits but specific tactics and actions. Drawing on examples from his own field of psychology, he shows readers how to overcome motivational roadblocks and become prolific without sacrificing evenings, weekends, and vacations. After describing strategies for writing productively, the author gives detailed advice from the trenches on how to write, submit, revise, and resubmit articles, how to improve writing quality, and how to write and publish academic work.

About the Author

Paul J. Silvia received his PhD in Psychology from the University of Kansas in 2001. He studies the psychology of emotion, particularly what makes things interesting, the role of emotions in the arts, and how emotions intersect with personality. He received the Berlyne Award, an early-career award given by American Psychological Association Division 10, for his research on aesthetic emotions. Dr. Silvia is the author of Exploring the Psychology of Interest (2006) and Self-Awareness and Causal Attribution (with T. S. Duval, 2001).