To Get it Done, Cultivate:
- Places (your workspace)
- Routines (like the daily writing routine)
- Personal Care (the foundation)
- Purpose (why do it)
- People (support networks)
Developed from: Petriglieri et al. ‘Thriving in the Gig Economy’
A daily writing practice
- Effective note-taking strategies (e.g. using headings: Summary of Argument; Key terms/phrases; Usefulness for Own Research; Critiques/questions/deviations/thoughts; Nice Framings; Bibliography)
- Dissertation Boot Camp
- Weingarten Office of Learning Resources
Strategy:
- Joan Bolker, Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis
- Columbia University, The Dissertation
- Nir Eyal, ‘How to Be Indistracable‘
- Katelyn Knox, ‘7 Writing Habits for First Time Book Authors to Cultivate’
- Productive Writer, a listserv run through Cornell about writing and productivity tips
- Wendy Belcher, Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks (2nd edition) (Chicago, 2019)
- Beth Luey, Handbook for Academic Authors (Cambridge, 2009)
- William Germano, Getting it Published (Chicago, 2008)
- William Germano, From Dissertation to Book (Chicago, 2013)
- Beth Luey ed. Revising Your Dissertation: Advice from Leading Editors (Chicago, 2004)
- Guide to Productivity and Productivity Techniques
Craft:
- Eric Hayot, The Elements of Academic Style (Chicago, 2015)
- Amitava Kumar, Every Day I Write the Book (Duke, 2020)
- Helen Sword, The Writer’s Diet (http://writersdiet.com)
- Scott Norton, Developmental Editing: A Handbook for Freelanders, Authors, and Publishers (Chicago, 2009)
- John McPhee, Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process (FSG, 2017)
- Anthony Ocampo, ‘Why PhDs Need to Study Creative Writing’
- Suzanne Conklin Akbari ed. How We Write: Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blank Page (Punctum, 2015).
- Related: Kaitlin Heller and Suzanne Conklin Akbari eds. How We Read: Tales, Fury, Nothing, Sound (Punctum, 2019)
- Great Writing Advice from 25 Writing Manuals
Genres:
- Irina Dumitrescu, ‘How to Cope With a Fear of Public Writing‘
- Kinohi Nishikawa, ‘RT = Endorsement‘
- Bécquer Seguín, ‘Why Write for the Public‘
Apps:
- Forest (for keeping your phone away from you)
- Be Focused (for setting pomodoro-like timers)
- Brain.fm (for study sounds/music)
Getting Writing Done:
- Pomodoro Method
- Spreadsheet for Tracking Writing
- Curb Digital Distractions
- Establish a Writing Partnership
Dissertation to Book:
- Leonard Cassuto, ‘From Dissertation to Book’
- Karen Kelsky, ‘My Top Five Tips for Turning Your Dissertation Into a Book’
- Katelyn Knox, ‘The 7 Stages of Publishing Your First Academic Book’
- Devoney Looser, ‘Writing a Book or Article? Now’s the Time to Create Your “Author Platform”‘
- Theresa MacPhail, ‘Dear First-Time Author’
- Laura Portwood-Stacer, ‘Getting into Arguments’
- Laura Portwood-Stacer, ‘Give it a Rest’
- Rachel Toor, ‘The Reality of Writing a Good Book Proposal’
- Eric Weiskott, ‘How to Turn Your Dissertation into a Book’