09/28/2017
Here are some great writing resources courtesy of FYCS's Dr. Jennifer Jones.
Manage your time, not your energy: https://hbr.org/2007/10/manage-your-energy-not-your-time
Writer’s Diet: test on your writing style: http://writersdiet.com/test.php
BASE: test your behavioral, artisanal, social, and emotional habits: http://writersdiet.com/base.php
Goodson, P. (2016). Becoming an academic writer: 50 exercises for paced, productive, and powerful writing. Sage Publications.
• Good tips.
Graff, G., Birkenstein, C., & Durst, R. (2006). They say, I say: The moves that matter in academic writing. New York, NY: WW Norton.
• EXCELLENT for crafting academic arguments
Silva, P. J. (2015). Write it up: Practical strategies for writing and publishing journal articles. APA Life Tools.
• No nonsense advice on writing a journal article. Written by a psychologist but applicable to social scientists broadly.
Silva, P. J. (2007). How to write a lot. APA Life Tools.
• EXCELLENT basic advise on writing habits
Sword, H. (2017). Air & light & time & space: How successful academics write. Harvard University Press.
• Good read – she interviewed and/or surveyed more than 1,000 people and identified the very diverse ways academics approach writing
The science of stamina has advanced to the point where individuals, teams, and whole organizations can, with some straightforward interventions, significantly increase their capacity to get things done.
