Why should anyone want to write textbooks, journal articles, or other academic publications? After all, prospective authors can never be…
Richard Filipink receives TAA Publication Grant
Dr. Richard M. Filipink, an associate professor in the History Department at Western Illinois University, received a TAA Publication grant…
Renn receives TAA Publication Grant
Independent scholar and researcher Melissa Renn received a TAA Publication Grant to support her forthcoming essay, “‘The Famous Iwo Flag-Raising’: Iwo Jima…
Join us 1/21 for the TAA Webinar, ‘Go Organic: Growing Your Writing Process From Seed to Harvest’
Join us Wednesday, January 21 from 3-4 p.m. ET for the one-hour webinar, “Go Organic: Growing Your Writing Process From Seed to…
Registration is now open for February TAA virtual dissertation writing boot camp
Gain access to resources, accountability check-ins, and support and encouragement as you work to complete your dissertation, by joining us…
Be strict about the type of editing that is suitable for each stage of the revision process
Advice about academic writing often stresses the iterative nature of the writing process; the creation of an effective final draft generally requires multiple drafts and extensive revision. A crucial corollary to a commitment to extensive revision is an acceptance that revision mustn’t be allowed to go on indefinitely. Otherwise, a certain mania can set in: any draft can always be other than it is. After a certain point, we have to ask ourselves about diminishing returns and about the very real possibility of messing up what is already working.