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Recommended Readings for Getting Published: Selections from the Editor's Bookshelf, Part 1
Overviews of three books that offer advice on getting published as an academic writer
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Mar 19, 20243 min read
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Agile Project Management and Writing
The emphasis on iteration makes agile project management an ideal approach for structuring writing projects.
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Jan 16, 20243 min read
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Working With an Outline. . .Even When You Don’t Want To
Working with an outline can support our writing productivity, so why do we resist it?
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Oct 20, 20233 min read
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The Method Section, Part II: Establishing the Trustworthiness of Qualitative Research
Three overarching strategies for communicating the credibility of your qualitative study in the method section
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Sep 25, 20233 min read
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The Method Section, Part I: Enhancing the Credibility of Quantitative Research Studies
Six focal points for enhancing the credibility of quantitative research in your method section
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Jun 21, 20235 min read
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Why Meeting Writing Deadlines Is So Hard
Thoughts on why we blow our writing deadlines and strategies for improving on our delivery
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Apr 20, 20234 min read
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Theoretical Frameworks, Part 2: How Do I Know If It Is Any Good?
More thoughts on the theoretical framework: how do I build one, and how do I know if it's any good?
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Mar 15, 20233 min read
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Theoretical Frameworks, Part 1: What's It All For?
What's this theoretical framework I've been asked to include in my journal article?
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Feb 15, 20235 min read
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Tool Tip: Using ClickUp to Manage Writing Projects (and Anything Else on Your Plate)
Some thoughts on using ClickUp to organize writing projects (and the rest of your work).
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Jan 20, 20234 min read
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Self-Editing: What to Focus on When
Editing is most effective when we move from large-scale holistic changes to corrections at the word and sentence level.
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Nov 16, 20225 min read
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Sweating the Details
Successful academic writers sweat the small stuff. Eight tips for writing more clearly and concisely.
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Oct 18, 20224 min read
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Strategies for Organizing a Large Writing Project
Five strategies for approaching a large writing project and staying on task.
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Sep 21, 20224 min read
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Finding a Home for Your Manuscript
Eight questions to ask as you consider where to submit your next manuscript
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Aug 16, 20223 min read
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Discovering & Evaluating Ideas for Future Projects
Two activities to help you discover ideas for writing and three questions for evaluating those ideas
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Jun 30, 20224 min read
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Getting (Re)Started After a Pause
The beginning stages of the writing process: subzero draft, zero draft, first draft
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Jun 2, 20225 min read
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The Marketing Survey: How It Helps the Publisher Sell Your Book
What kinds of questions can you expect in the marketing survey, and how will your publisher use your responses?
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Apr 21, 20226 min read
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Using Models and Templates to Expand Your Scholarly Repertoire
Learning to emulate the genres in your field successfully increases your likelihood of getting published.
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Apr 5, 20226 min read
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Tool Tip: Upping Your Editing Game With Grammarly
An overview of Grammarly premium features
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Mar 22, 20224 min read
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That Time I Wrote a Lit Review
A few insights on my strategies for reading the literature, discovering a story, and creating an initial lit review draft
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Mar 8, 20226 min read
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What Are Morning Pages and How Can They Help Academic Writers?
“Morning Pages provoke, clarify, comfort, [and] cajole, prioritize and synchronize the day at hand.”--Julia Cameron
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Feb 22, 20224 min read
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