{"id":396,"date":"2016-02-08T15:28:32","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T15:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/transnationalhistory.net\/doing\/?p=396"},"modified":"2016-02-09T13:52:08","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T13:52:08","slug":"writing-transnational-europe-adding-tomatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transnationalhistory.net\/doing\/2016\/02\/08\/writing-transnational-europe-adding-tomatoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing transnational Europe – adding tomatoes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back to routines and habits – have you started trying any new routines or braking with old habits? Have you started writing for an hour pre-breakfast for a week? Have you been jogging on the beach following reading Tyrrell and then write for 45 minutes? Habits and routines do not come easy, research says it takes up to 4-6 weeks to implement a new routine into workflows. Do not do too many at a time, one at a time will do?<\/p>\n

I have had a nice co-writing weekend with my friend and colleague James Koranyi from Durham. We made solid progress on our “Modern Europe. A transnational history”. What kept us on track was:<\/p>\n

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The writing place (AKA “Walden”)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

-a nice setting (my writing shed)<\/p>\n

-careful planning, setting goals (realistic goals)<\/p>\n

-following the Pomodori<\/a> method: 25mins focused writing, 5 minutes breaks.<\/p>\n

-writing draft (not aiming at perfection and footnotes) – cut the “fat” later<\/p>\n

Despite being a weekend it felt relaxed and rewarding to see the text growing steadily with a pace of 150-200 words per each Pomodori. There is more on the technique here<\/a>. Or on “how to write a lot” here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Writer,<\/a>
Writer, thinker, procrastinator?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

Any new suggestions or confessions this week – here or in class?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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