| Acknowledgements | ix | |
| About the author | x | |
| Why I Wrote This Book and Why You Should Read It | 1 | |
| Managing Time | 7 | |
| 1. | Differentiating the “urgent” from the important. | 11 |
| 2. | Write daily for 15–30 minutes. | 13 |
| 3. | Record time spent writing daily–share records weekly. | 19 |
| Writing | 25 | |
| 4. | Write from the first day of your research project. | 27 |
| 5. | Post your thesis on the wall and write to it. | 33 |
| Revising | 37 | |
| 6. | Organize around key sentences. | 43 |
| 7. | Use key sentences as an after-the-fact outline. | 47 |
| Getting Help | 51 | |
| 8. | Share early drafts with non-experts and later drafts with experts. | 55 |
| 9. | Learn how to listen. | 63 |
| 10. | Respond to each specific comment. | 65 |
| Polishing and Letting Go | 69 | |
| 11. | Read your prose out loud. | 73 |
| 12. | Kick it out the door and make ’em say “No.” | 75 |
| Working the Steps | 81 | |
| Afterword | 83 | |
| Appendix A: Writing Log | 91 | |
| Appendix B: Finding Key Sentences in Paragraphs | 92 | |
| Appendix C: Using Your Word Processor to Expose Key Sentences as an After-the-Fact Outline | 95 | |
| Appendix D: Getting Help from Writing Circles and Groups | 97 | |
| Appendix E: Instructions for Writing Circles (“Few Pages” Model) | 103 | |
| Appendix F: Instructions for Writing Groups (Full Manuscript Model With Readers Reading Entire Manuscript) | 106 | |
| Appendix G: Instructions for Writing Groups (Full Manuscript Model With Readers Reading Selected Parts of Manuscript) | 108 | |
| Appendix H: Recommended Readings | 112 | |
| Funding Your Best Ideas | 117 | |
| References | 120 | |
| Index | 125 | |