tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post6799840955918102983..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: How to write a book in four monthsJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-33898915237175959752016-01-19T13:45:04.331-06:002016-01-19T13:45:04.331-06:00P.S. Gosh I hate most professors. "You will ...P.S. Gosh I hate most professors. "You will never finish your dissertation unless you write seven pages a day, not caring how bad they are, and then revise them heavily." "You will never be anything unless you are exactly like me." Etc. Etc. I so do not want to be like that, treat people like that. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-90171887999510812016-01-19T13:41:53.432-06:002016-01-19T13:41:53.432-06:00I have never been able to average more than 250 wo...I have never been able to average more than 250 words a day. Not in sixth grade and not now. I mean 250 words that need very little revision. So, since I like the six day a week writing plan, this means 1500 words a week.<br /><br />Every time I try to write more words per day, or write a "shitty first draft," it is so counter to my nature and the habits that got me a high school Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-63027719980451819272016-01-14T11:00:13.707-06:002016-01-14T11:00:13.707-06:00"I am also assuming that, by reading and rese..."I am also assuming that, by reading and researching, you will come up with worthwhile ideas. I don't know how to tell you how to do that. When I read, almost anything at all, I naturally generate ideas, because I have an active intellectual engagement with the subject-matter."<br /><br />- That's how it works for me, too. I discovered that if ideas don't come, this simply Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com