All students and professors need to write, and many struggle to finish their stalled dissertations, journal articles, book chapters, or grant propo­sals. Writing is hard work and can be dif­ficult to wedge into a frenetic academic schedule. In this practical, lighthearted and encouraging book, Paul J. Silvia explains that writing productively does not require innate skills or special traits but specific tactics and actions. Drawing examples from his own field of psychology, he shows readers how to overcome motivational roadblocks and be­come prolific without sacrificing evenings, weekends and vacations. After des­­cribing strategies for writing productively, the author gives detailed ad­vice from the trenches on how to write, submit, revise and resubmit articles; how to improve writing quality; and how to write and publish academic work.

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