Preface Acknowledgments About the Author Chapter 1: Down but Not Out: What It Means to Be Stuck What It Means to Be Stuck Flow and Forward Writing The Promise of Writing Process Chapter Overview: From Problem to Puzzle Solving the Writing Puzzle: How to Use This Book Chapter 2: More Than You Think: How Head, Hand, and Heart Make Writing So Hard Actually . . . It Is Hard: The Inherent Challenge of Writing Institutional Challenges: Running the Risk of Writing Interpretive Challenges: The Impact of Risk on Writing Chapter 3: Turning Toward Yourself: How Writing Process Can Help You Get Unstuck What Is Writing Process? Stages of the Writing Process What Writing Process Looks Like Using Process to Get Unstuck Chapter 4: Finding the Writer Inside: How to Get Unstuck and Start Writing Again Why It’s Hard to Draw on Process How to Uncover Your Writing Process Chapter 5: Growing From the Inside Out: Exploring and Expanding Your Writing Process Initiation: Purposefully Making Mistakes Saturation: Choosing a New Audience Incubation: Accepting Our Lack of Control Clarification: Taking Your Ideas Out for a Test Run Submission: Leading Yourself to Release Hibernation: Immersion in Play, Not Work Conclusion Chapter 6: Thoughts on Building a Writing Life Making Space for Yourself and Your Writing The Promise and Perils of Slow Scholarship Writer’s Oppositional Consciousness Making Space With Social Writing References Index

Wisdom and kindness emanate from every page of this revelatory new guidebook, where renowned academic writing coach Michelle Boyd shows us how to find our own unique approach to living the messy, rewarding process of creating scholarship. I can’t recommend this book highly enough!