The productive graduate student writer : how to manage your time, process, and energy to write your research proposal, thesis, and dissertation, and get published /

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Author / Creator:Allen, Jan, author.
Edition:First edition.
Imprint:Sterling, Virginia : Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2019.
©2019
Description:1 online resource (xx, 199 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12649522
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ISBN:9781620368930
1620368935
9781620368923
1620368927
9781620368916
1620368919
9781620368909
1620368900
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 19, 2020).
Summary:"This book is for graduate students--and others--who want to become more productive writers. It's especially written for those who want to increase their motivation, focus, and persistence to move a project to completion; overcome procrastination and perfectionistic tendencies; reduce (or write in spite of) their anxiety and fear of writing; manage their time, work, energy (and advisor) for greater productivity"--
Other form:Print version: Allen, Jan. Productive graduate student writer. First edition. Sterling, Virginia : Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2019 9781620368916
Table of Contents:
  • Write every day
  • Schedule your writing
  • Write early in the day
  • Write a very bad first draft
  • Set writing goals
  • Chart your progress
  • Preparing to write
  • Write before you wake up (What?)
  • Write with deadlines
  • Develop and use an outline
  • Fill your reservoir
  • Avoid distractions
  • Think ahead and plan backward
  • Getting to flow
  • Avoid binge writing
  • Overcome perfectionistic tendencies
  • Stop procrastinating-now
  • Staying motivated
  • The last five minutes of writing
  • Your writing environment
  • Stuck?
  • Revising and editing
  • Time management
  • Energy management
  • Adviser management
  • Practice writing
  • Using a writing support group
  • Responsible writing
  • Writing graduate fellowship applications
  • Writing grant proposals
  • Writing a research proposal
  • Writing a thesis
  • Writing a dissertation
  • Writing for journal publication
  • Writing a book proposal for an editor or agent
  • How to think and act like a writer.