How To Write A Lot: A Practical Guide To Produc... -

Paul was skeptical. He started small. The first morning, he wrote three sentences and spent the rest of the hour staring at a bookshelf. But he didn't leave the chair. The next day, he wrote a paragraph. By Friday, he had two pages.

Six months later, the cursor didn't haunt him anymore. It just waited for him to start his shift. Paul wasn't a "writer" in the romantic, suffering sense—he was a person who wrote. And he had a finished book to prove it. How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Produc...

She told him to pick a time—8:00 AM to 9:00 AM, Monday through Friday. No email, no internet, no "checking one last citation." Paul was skeptical

No more "I'll work on my book." Instead, it was "I will write 200 words about the methodology." But he didn't leave the chair

"Don't worry about how you feel," she insisted. "Writing is a habit, not a mood. You don't 'feel' like brushing your teeth, you just do it."

One Tuesday, his mentor, Dr. Silva, walked into his office. She didn’t look stressed. She looked like someone who had already finished her work for the day. "How’s the monograph?" she asked.