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