Professors as writers : a self-help guide to productive writing /
Robert Boice.
- Stillwater, Okla., U.S.A. : New Forums Press, 1990.
- ix, 180 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
The nature of writing problems. Why professors don't write ; The phenomenology of writing problems ; Assessment of writing problems -- Strategies for the short run. Spontaneous writing ; Generative writing -- A regimen for productive and painless writing: strategies for the long run. Ensuring regular productivity ; The four-step plan -- Beyond solutions, to growth. Dealing with relapses -- Appendices. Part 1. The blocking questionnaire: an instrument for assessing writing problems ; Part 2. An annotated bibliography on blocking and other hindrances to writing.
The author prepared this self-help manual for professors who want to write more productively, painlessly, and successfully. It reflects the authors two decades of experiences and research with professors as writers -- by compressing a lot of experience into a brief, programmatic framework. Like the actual sessions and workshops in which the author works with writers, this book admonishes and reassures