The Clockwork Muse: A Practical Guide to Writing Theses, Dissertations, and Books

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0674135865 ISBN13: 9780674135864 Release Date: March 1999 Publisher: Harvard University Press Length: 128 Pages Weight: 0.40 lbs. Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.1" For anyone who has blanched at the uphill prospect of finishing a long piece of writing, this book holds out something more practical than hope: it offers a plan. The Clockwork Muse is designed to help prospective authors develop a workable timetable for completing long and often formidable projects. The idea of dashing off a manuscript in a fit of manic inspiration may be romantic, but it is not particularly practical. Instead, Eviatar Zerubavel, a prolific and successful author, describes how to set up a writing schedule and regular work habits that will take most of the anxiety and procrastination out of long-term writing, and even make it enjoyable. The dreaded 'writer's block' often turns out to be simply a need for a better grasp of the temporal organization