Patricia Goodson
Autore di Becoming an Academic Writer: 50 Exercises for Paced, Productive, and Powerful Writing
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My mistake was to try to follow the book like a class, starting from exercise one and then working my way through. It didn't work well for me, because my skills and approaches weren't necessarily satisfied by that order. I did try writing every day, and I kept a writing log, and I learned many useful approaches: (1) Record where you left off and what you want to do next so you can quickly start writing at the beginning of your next session - but I don't need to keep a time log, that's distracting information for me. I just use evernote to copy in the last session and start the new revision. I write my time minimum up top in the title, and I set my timer on my phone (Forest app). (2) Write every day for at least a few minutes - I'm already thinking about my writing, might as well BE WRITING!
What I find best about the book is the examples on writing and editing, organizing, cleaning, dumping, etc.… (altro)