I've heard lots of different writing advice. I've been thinking a lot about this lately as I try to make progress on my dissertation. I haven't spent a good chunk of time on it in more than a week. This past weekend I was just too busy having fun with David and Matt here in Seattle to work on data analysis or writing.
So, one school of thought is that you need chunks of time--like 2-3 hours at least in order to make good progress. This I can see would be important for times when I am in the middle of data analysis and leaving something off in the middle will make it difficult to come back to it without spending a bunch of time orienting.
The other school of thought is that you should try to write a little bit each day. Now, this I can see as possible, given that writing does seem to be something you can leave off in mid-sentence and come back to fairly easily. Of course, I don't know if this advice is meant for someone like me who works full-time and has to find time every evening or morning to do a little writing. But I am thinking about trying it. Last night I worked for maybe 30 minutes on revising and writing, and I'd like to do the same tonight.
I'm leaving for a work trip tomorrow, so I don't know how much I can do while I'm traveling, but I am going to try to get at least a few sentences every day.
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