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just 4 paragraphs

You’ve probably all heard the maxim that any project will expand to fill the space given to it. I often find it that way with writing projects too. I was giving myself through Saturday to finish...

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finishing a project

Since I’m at most a few hours from polishing up another completed book manuscript, this may be a good moment to address the question: how do you know a project is finished? And you do have to develop a...

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the composition of reports and summaries

I’m taking a breather before doing one last editorial check on my report for the Provost. This is the Interim Report on Research at the American University in Cairo. When given the post of Associate...

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6 keys to After Finitude

Today I’m working on the chapter of the Meillassoux book on After Finitude. Rather than “summarize” a book that is already written with sufficient clarity as it is, I’m going to try to isolate the key...

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in praise of drafts, again

I’m working on the book on Meillassoux these days, and another thought on writing came to mind. In the past, I’ve warned against the tendency to stay with the early pages of any project and refine them...

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from reading a book to writing a chapter about it

Last year there was a lot of interest on this blog in reading very practical posts about how to get from Point A to Point B. This will be a post about how I turn the reading of a book into a piece of...

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satisfied with the manuscript

Yesterday I finished reading the French translation of The Quadruple Object, and still find the translation impressive. And as mentioned yesterday, encountering my own work indirectly (“vicariously”)...

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what to do when it’s not flowing

Here’s a sort of writing advice post for those who enjoy them. Since finishing the book on Meillassoux in November, I’ve been in one of those “like pulling teeth” phases with writing. It’s getting...

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that’s more like it

It was another “like pulling teeth” writing day. I didn’t enjoy the day, but had to do the writing. But when I got to the end of the day I was surprised to find 21 pages written, and pretty good pages...

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productive day in progress

My last post was a complaint about how slowly things have been going. Today broke the mold, and everything started happening quickly. It’s important to capitalize on high-energy days when they come,...

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