How to Write a Lot

Paul J. Silvia

出版社

APA LifeTools

出版时间

2018-09-01

ISBN

9781433829734

评分

★★★★★
书籍介绍

All academics need to write, but many struggle to finish their dissertations, articles, books, or grant proposals. Writing is hard work and can be difficult to wedge into a frenetic academic schedule. How can we write it all while still having a life?

In this second edition of his popular book, Paul J. Silvia offers fresh advice to help overcome barriers to writing and use time more productively. After addressing some common excuses and bad habits, he provides practical strategies to motivate students, professors, researchers, and other academics to become better and more prolific writers.

Silvia draws from his own experience in psychology to explain how to write, submit, and revise academic work, from journal articles to books, all without sacrificing evenings, weekends, and vacations.

The tips and strategies in this second edition have been updated to apply to academic writing in most disciplines. Also new to this edition is a chapter on writing grant and fellowship proposals.

Paul J. Silvia, PhD, is the Lucy Spinks Keker Excellence Professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He received his doctorate in psychology from the University of Kansas in 2001.

Among many other things, he studies the psychology of creativity and the arts, particularly how people come up with good ideas and why they find art interesting, appealing, and awe-in...

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核心看点
  • 本书核心主张是制定严格的写作时间表并坚决执行,作者指出多产作家并无特殊天赋,仅因投入更多时间且效率更高。书中强调必须摒弃等待灵感的错误观念,通过规律性练习和明确目标来克服写作障碍,任何与写作相关的活动都应纳入计划,以实现高效产出。
  • 作者从心理学角度剖析学术写作中的拖延与借口,提供具体策略帮助研究者平衡教学、科研与生活。书中详细指导如何设定短期具体目标、建立写作小组、处理修改与投稿流程,旨在让写作成为日常例行公事,而非充满压力与负罪感的负担,从而提升整体学术生产力。
  • 内容涵盖期刊文章、书籍及基金申请书的写作规范与技巧,强调学术写作需遵循严谨规则并大量练习。作者以幽默讽刺的风格揭露学术界的不良习惯,同时提供实用建议,如如何管理精力、避免完美主义陷阱,确保读者在不牺牲个人生活的前提下,完成高质量的学术成果。
适合谁读
  • 正在攻读学位的研究生及博士生,特别是面临论文写作压力、难以平衡学业与写作任务的学生。本书提供的具体时间表制定方法和心理调适策略,能有效帮助此类群体克服拖延症,建立健康的学术写作习惯,顺利完成学位论文及期刊投稿,提升科研产出效率。
  • 高校教师、科研人员及需要频繁撰写学术文章、书籍或基金申请书的学者。针对这类读者,书中提供了关于如何高效处理大量写作任务、管理写作团队以及应对学术发表压力的实用建议,帮助他们在繁忙的教学与行政工作中,依然保持高产出的学术创作状态。
  • 对学术写作方法论感兴趣,希望提升写作效率与规范性的普通写作者。虽然本书聚焦学术领域,但其关于克服写作障碍、建立规律性写作习惯、拒绝完美主义等核心观点具有普适性,适合任何希望改善写作习惯、提高文字产出效率并寻求心理支持的读者阅读。
读前提醒
  • 请勿将本书视为文学创作指南,它专注于学术写作的效率与规范。读者应重点关注前几章关于时间表制定、目标设定及克服心理障碍的内容,这些是全书核心。若仅需提升论文写作效率,可略过书籍写作章节,直接应用书中关于日常写作纪律的建议,避免陷入无关细节。
  • 书中部分观点可能引发争议,如将写作简化为机械劳动。读者需结合自身情况批判性吸收,若感到写作受阻,不应盲目强制输出,而应反思是否缺乏必要准备或存在深层心理障碍。建议将书中建议与个人实际工作流结合,灵活调整,切勿机械照搬导致焦虑加剧。
  • 作者语言风格幽默且带有讽刺意味,旨在揭露学术界的荒谬现象。读者在阅读时应保持轻松心态,理解其批判性立场,但需注意区分玩笑与严肃建议。切勿因书中对某些行为的批评而感到被冒犯,应聚焦于其提供的建设性解决方案,将其转化为个人写作实践中的正向动力。
读者共识
  • 读者普遍认为本书是极具实用价值的学术写作工具书,尤其赞赏其关于制定严格写作时间表和设定具体短期目标的建议。许多用户反馈,遵循书中方法后,写作效率显著提升,拖延症得到改善。尽管部分人认为观点简单,但其强调纪律与规律性的核心理念被广泛认可为克服写作障碍的有效途径。
  • 作者幽默风趣、讽刺到位的写作风格获得高度评价,使枯燥的方法论指导变得轻松易读。读者表示,书中对学术界不良现象的吐槽令人共鸣且解气,增强了阅读体验。然而,也有部分读者指出,书中对写作复杂性的简化处理可能不适用于所有情境,需警惕过度机械化执行带来的负面影响。
  • 多数读者强调,本书的核心价值在于改变对写作的认知,即写作不应依赖灵感,而应作为日常例行工作。尽管有人批评其忽视写作的创造性与心理复杂性,但主流意见认为,对于急需提升产出量的研究者而言,书中提供的纪律性训练和心理调适技巧具有不可替代的指导意义,值得反复研读与实践。

本导读基于书籍简介、目录、原文摘录、短评和书评生成,不等同于全文精读。

精彩摘录
  • "高效写作的要求其实很简单:制订时间表,设定目标,时时跟踪你的工作,奖励自己和养成良好的习惯。多产的写作者并没有什么特殊技能,他们只是花了更多的时间在写作上,同时,他们的效率更高而已。"
  • "你需要“找时间教书”吗?当然不用——你有一张课表,你按部就班,从不迟到。如果你认为写作时间藏匿在你每周计划的某个角落,你就永远不会写得更多。"
  • "人们必须学习好的写作规则,然后花大量的时间来练习。"
  • "写作的含义远不只是坐在电脑前打字,任何与完成写作任务相关的活动均可称为写作。"
  • "最好的自控就是让客观环境不需要自控。"
  • "写作本身孕育了继续写下去的基础。"
  • "正如凯斯(Keyes,2003:49)所说,“认真的写作者笔耕不辍,不论有无灵感。随着时间推移,他们发现规律性显然是比灵感更靠谱的朋友”。"
  • "花上一个写作时间段来好好理清你的写作目标是个不错的主意,我通常一个月整理一次。计划是写作的一部分,所以计划多的人写得也多"
作者简介
Paul J. Silvia, PhD, is the Lucy Spinks Keker Excellence Professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He received his doctorate in psychology from the University of Kansas in 2001. Among many other things, he studies the psychology of creativity and the arts, particularly how people come up with good ideas and why they find art interesting, appealing, and awe-inspiring. He received the Berlyne Award, an early-career award given by the Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, for his research on aesthetic emotions, and he later served as president of the Society. His other books include Exploring the Psychology of Interest (2006); Public Speaking for Psychologists: A Lighthearted Guide to Research Presentations, Job Talks, and Other Opportunities to Embarrass Yourself (2010, with David B. Feldman); and Write It Up: Practical Strategies for Writing and Publishing Journal Articles (2015). In his free time, Dr. Silvia restores vintage pocket watches, plays board and card games, and enjoys not writing.
目录
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Specious Barriers to Writing A Lot
3. The Care and Feeding of Writing Schedules
4. Starting a Writing Group

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用户评论
作者太逗了,很有意思也很有用的一本书~Making a writing schedule and sticking to it!
50-250 words per day Set a concrete goal every week
下学期实践一下
Make a writing schedule and stick to it
跳过了writing a book和grant proposal那两章 以后有需要一定会回过头读 since i don't expect a book about academic writing to be fun, the author's sense of humor had me immediately 很多时候自己拖延的理由都是: i'll write when i feel like doing it 这本书反反复复反驳这个观点 说服读者establish a writing schedule and stick to it. i'll give it a try anyway.
写就完事儿了!我不太适应一天写一点这样的节奏,更喜欢整理好思绪后把自己关在一个安静的房间里一两天写完,然后再反复地修改。但必须承认这个做法有些变态。
道理我都懂了🥹
有被骂到Orz
非常简明扼要:make a writing schedule and stick to it, make writing mundane, routine and typical, not oppressive, uncertain and monopolistic.
@2021-11-22 12:17:15
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