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Professors as Writers
by
Robert Boice
Here is a proven book to help scholars master writing as a productive, enjoyable, and successful experience -- Author, Robert Boice, prepared this self-help manual for professors who want to write more productively, painlessly, and successfully. It reflects the author's two decades of experiences and research with professors as writers -- by compressing a lot of experience...more
Paperback, 200 pages
Published
March 24th 1990
by New Forums Press
(first published February 24th 1990)
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This book acts as a therapy session on writing blockages. In fact Boice uses narratives of real therapy sessions he conducted with faculty members throughout the book to illustrate the practical response and some objections to the programs outlined in the book. This book, therefore, is most meaningful for those people who feel they have trouble writing in a professional setting.
It works from outlining why professors don't write, to the phenomenology of writing blockages, advising the reader to f...more
It works from outlining why professors don't write, to the phenomenology of writing blockages, advising the reader to f...more
Overall this book was helpful. Boice has helped unblock professors with writing difficulties for years and has really done his research on the subject of writing difficulties. The book mirrors his real-life program in which problem writers seek his assistance to get back on track. Boice includes some interesting interludes in which he examines the history and scholarship on issues such as spontaneous writing and negative self-talk. It's interesting to find out that any anxieties you have about w...more
This is a marvellous practical book on how to get going with academic writing. Lots of really useful tips about how to organise oneself and how to overcome academic writer's block.
Jun 16, 2011
Emily
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3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
academic writers who feel stuck
Shelves:
nonfiction
I have actually read this before, and feel stupefied by his psychobabble and his bizarre numbering of forms rather than labeling them. I think it is a trait of the social sciences.
However, the 4 or 5 pages in which he describes step by step how to rework/revise your article is really good.
The suggestions for making yourself write every day are also solid but not different from everyone else's advice.
Where he does differ is in the emphasis on self-care and being kind to yourself -- advice not oft...more
However, the 4 or 5 pages in which he describes step by step how to rework/revise your article is really good.
The suggestions for making yourself write every day are also solid but not different from everyone else's advice.
Where he does differ is in the emphasis on self-care and being kind to yourself -- advice not oft...more
Based on his research on scholarly writing and his experience counseling authors, Robert Boice devised a four-stage approach to writing consistently and productively: (1) establish momentum, (2) develop external controls, (3) foster intrinsic motivation, and (4) leverage sociality. In this book, Boice introduces techniques for mastering each of these stages and offers insightful advice to keep the words flowing. Whether you're currently experiencing a block or are simply looking for preventive m...more
A psychologist helps you diagnose your writing problem and suggests some solutions. He offers some good suggestions but unfortunately for how much I liked this book, I either didn't need them or had heard them all before. Plus he calls them things like "stimulus control procedures" and prescribes exercises like "GWS-II." Sample sentence: "Then, when you've given GWS-II a try, do things you've already done with the SWS and GWS-I exercises." Typical psychologist.
This book begins by suggesting that it is merely about combating Writer's Block. Though this is the ostensible focus, many of pragmatic suggestions for writing and controlling the thoughts and environments that surround and are associated with writing might be equally useful to non-blocked writers. Boice imagines that people can overcome writing problems through both cognitive and behavioral attention to their problems, which is a refreshingly rounded approach.
بعض أسباب "حبسة الكاتب" حتى عند الاكاديميين :
الرقابة الذاتية .
الخوف من الفشل.
النزعة للكمال وهي أكثرها شهرة.
التسويف.
...التجارب المبكرة في الكتابة وهي ترتبط بكل المشاكل هنا وتبدأ من المرحلة الابتدائية في لوم المعلم أو الاساطير عن الكتابة بأنها غير كذا وكذا.
الصحة النفسية .
وعلاجها شئ مشهور في الغرب يسمى الكتابة الحرة "فري رايتنق" أو ما يسميه هو الكتابة العفوية
وفي الفصل الاخير هناك عرض مختصر لمئة مصدر تحدثت عن حبسة الكاتب و تميل في المجمل الى التأكيد على أهمية اللاوعي في الكتابة
الرقابة الذاتية .
الخوف من الفشل.
النزعة للكمال وهي أكثرها شهرة.
التسويف.
...التجارب المبكرة في الكتابة وهي ترتبط بكل المشاكل هنا وتبدأ من المرحلة الابتدائية في لوم المعلم أو الاساطير عن الكتابة بأنها غير كذا وكذا.
الصحة النفسية .
وعلاجها شئ مشهور في الغرب يسمى الكتابة الحرة "فري رايتنق" أو ما يسميه هو الكتابة العفوية
وفي الفصل الاخير هناك عرض مختصر لمئة مصدر تحدثت عن حبسة الكاتب و تميل في المجمل الى التأكيد على أهمية اللاوعي في الكتابة
Aug 08, 2011
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Great book to read if you ever have writer's block. Boice offers advice that's proven to work. Repetitive at times, but quite helpful and an easy read.
Read it in an hour. Some interesting suggestions. I particularly liked contingency management.
Boice as some good ideas but I don't think I can implement his techniques.
Jul 04, 2007
Cricket
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Good ideas for organizing one’s writing life. Boice speaks of becoming an effective, efficient and joyful writer—three things that I’d love to be. I’ll try the strategies and report back.
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If you need to write academic stuff while trying to teach - check this out.
A book you read for functionality more than entertainment. Useful tips
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