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| Acknowledgments |
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| Introduction: Using This Workbook |
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| Goals of the workbook. History of the workbook. Philosophy of the workbook. Pedagogy of the workbook. |
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| General instructions. Using the workbook according to your temperament, discipline, or career stage. Using the workbook by yourself, with a writing partner, in a writing group, with coauthors, or to teach a class. Feedback to the author. |
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| Week 1: Designing Your Plan for Writing |
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| Instruction: Understanding feelings about writing. Keys to positive writing experiences. Designing a plan for submitting your article in twelve weeks. |
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| Exercises: Selecting a paper for revision. Choosing your writing site. Designing your writing schedule. Anticipating and overturning writing obstacles. |
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| Week 2: Starting Your Article |
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| Instruction: Types of academic articles. Myths about publishable journal articles. What gets published and why. Abstracts as a tool for success. Getting started on your article revision. |
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| Exercises: Hammering out your topic. Rereading your paper. Drafting your abstract. Reading a model article. Revising your abstract. |
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| Week 3: Advancing Your Argument |
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| Instruction: Common reasons why journals reject articles. Main reason journal articles are rejected: no argument. Making a good argument. Organizing your article around your argument. |
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| Exercises: Drafting your argument. Reviewing your article for an argument. Revising your article around your argument. |
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| Week 4: Selecting a Journal |
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| Instruction: Good news about journals. The importance of picking the right journal. Types of academic journals: nonrecommended, questionable, and preferred. Finding suitable academic journals. |
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| Exercises: Searching for journals. Evaluating academic journals. Matching your article to suitable journals. Reading relevant journals. Writing a query letter to editors. Making a final decision about which journal. |
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| Week 5: Reviewing the Related Literature |
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| Instruction: Reading the scholarly literature. Types of scholarly literature. Strategies for getting reading done. Identifying your relationship to the related literature. Avoiding plagiarism. Writing about others' research. |
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| Exercises: Evaluating your current citations. Identifying and reading the related literature. Evaluating the related literature. Writing or revising your related literature review. |
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| Week 6: Strengthening Your Structure |
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| Instruction: On the importance of structure. Types of structures. Article structures in the social sciences and humanities. Solving structural problems. Revising for structure. |
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| Exercises: Outlining a model article. Outlining your article. Restructuring your article. |
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| Week 7: Presenting Your Evidence |
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| Instruction: Types of evidence. Writing up evidence in the social sciences. Writing up evidence in the humanities. Revising your evidence. |
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| Exercises: Discussing evidence in your field. Revisiting your evidence. Shaping your evidence around your argument. |
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| Week 8: Opening and Concluding Your Article |
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| Instruction: On the importance of openings. Revising your opening and conclusion. |
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| Exercises: Revising your title. Revising your introduction. Revisiting your abstract, related literature review, and author order. Revising your conclusion. |
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| Week 9: Giving, Getting, and Using Others' Feedback |
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| Instruction: Types of feedback. Exchanging your articles. |
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| Exercises: Sharing your article and getting feedback. Making a list of remaining tasks. Revising your article according to feedback. |
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| Week 10: Editing Your Sentences |
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| Instruction: On taking the time. Types of revising. The rules of editing. The Belcher diagnostic test. Editing your article. |
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| Exercises: Running the Belcher diagnostic test. Revising your article with the diagnostic test. Correcting other types of problem sentences. |
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| Week 11: Wrapping Up Your Article |
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| Instruction: On the perils of perfection. Finalizing your article. |
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| Exercises: Finalizing your argument, related literature review, introduction, evidence, structure, and conclusion. |
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| Week 12: Sending Your Article! |
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| Instruction: On the importance of finishing. Getting the submission ready. |
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| Exercises: Writing the cover letter. Preparing illustrations. Putting your article into the journal's style. Preparing the final print or electronic version. Send and celebrate! |
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| Week X: Responding to Journal Decisions |
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| Instruction: An exhortation. Waiting for the journal's decision. Reading the journal's decision. Types of journal decisions. Responding to journal decisions. |
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| Exercises: Evaluating and responding to the journal decision. Planning your revision. Revising your article. Drafting your revision cover letter. Requesting permissions. On the importance of persevering. |
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| End Notes |
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| Works Cited |
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| Recommended Reading |
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| Index |
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| About the Author |
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