On the book front, I am making steady progress. But I am wiped out and worried that I won't have any gas left in the tank once summer hits and all I "get" to do is write. For those of you who have done this, do you have any advice on pacing? How have you maintained progress without gassing out in the first third?
Thursday, March 20, 2014
March Madness
It's the time of the semester when I wonder if I'll make it out with my sanity. My institution does not have a spring break, so not only am I dragging, but my students are also dead—so dead that every class feels like this:
On the book front, I am making steady progress. But I am wiped out and worried that I won't have any gas left in the tank once summer hits and all I "get" to do is write. For those of you who have done this, do you have any advice on pacing? How have you maintained progress without gassing out in the first third?
On the book front, I am making steady progress. But I am wiped out and worried that I won't have any gas left in the tank once summer hits and all I "get" to do is write. For those of you who have done this, do you have any advice on pacing? How have you maintained progress without gassing out in the first third?
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A paragraph a day. If you finish it quickly, do something else. That way you'll have reserve energy for the days when it takes 18 hours.
ReplyDeleteI like that advice. Also, come summer maybe consider joining the Academic Writing Club: http://academicwritingclub.com/. It's pricey but I found it worth the investment while I was on leave. There are four-week sessions and you're put in a group with other profs. Kind of a combo of online cheerleading / mutual support and a way to manage time effectively. It might help recharge the batteries.
ReplyDeleteI have to slog through stuff I HATE all the time. ALL the time. Writing press releases is probably like death, though I can't be sure. Let me say this: I just do it. Sometimes I procrastinate a bit, but I just. do. it. I write a super shitty first draft if I have to, sometimes full of humorous snark about how Super AWESOME!!! the topic is, then I begin to edit... See, cos I'm better at editing... :-) You'll kill this one, NO doubt!! Go get it!! - Di
ReplyDeleteThanks, friends. I'll check out the writing club. RG, I need to find my version of a paragraph a day (since I'm more of a vomit/revise writer). I'm doing it, D, but will need to find the practices that will let me keep at it. Rah rah.
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