tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post6080804935049274400..comments2023-10-30T12:26:15.822+01:00Comments on Research as a Second Language: The 30-minute paragraphThomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-90700114927438116502010-10-01T19:49:18.092+02:002010-10-01T19:49:18.092+02:00I've set aside 8 hours a week to get a book st...I've set aside 8 hours a week to get a book started after the fall break. x 8 weeks until Christmas (64 hours). That will hopefully be enough to get about 120 claims down on paper that will span the whole book. After Christmas (and, hopefully, a book contract) I'll then try to work another 60 hours, 30 minutes at a time on each claim (i.e., each paragraph of the book). 120 paragraphs is a pretty short book. (It's only 3 times the length of an journal article. But it'll be a good start, and, if the plan holds, in place by Easter.<br /><br />I haven't decided how much of a book this ultimately has to be. 25% or 50% or 100% bigger. But I want to get that short version done. Then I'll have the spring and summer to finish it. If it's into the publisher by September, that'll have taken me 9 months.<br /><br />Of course, the research is essentially ALL done already.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-75388520538402888532010-10-01T18:21:24.833+02:002010-10-01T18:21:24.833+02:00Let us know how that works out. Think of a 10 cha...Let us know how that works out. Think of a 10 chapter book, in 200 hours, or in other words, 5 working weeks of 40 hours each. <br /><br />Since 10 hour weeks are more reasonable for writing, then we get to 20 weeks. A book takes approximately 20 weeks of writing given perfect linearity and good concentration. Even if you double that, you still have time to write a book in two 16 week semesters plus the summer before and after. <br /><br />That's not counting research time, of course.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.com