It’s a new year, which means new goals and resolutions. I’m sure during this past week you’ve put some thought…
Use this revising strategy to make your writing flow
Q: What strategies do you use during the revision process?
A: Mike Kennamer: “Before I send the article to an editor, I always read it out loud as part of the editing process. I also try to get colleagues to read it and provide input before I send it off to the editor.
When a section just doesn’t seem to flow as I would like, I will print the article and (literally, with scissors) cut out each paragraph and lay it on the floor in the order that it is in for the article. Then I will start to move certain paragraphs around to see if that helps with flow. I use the floor because it gets me out of the normal place where I write. There is something about sitting on the floor with my work in little paragraph-sized slips of paper that helps
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Should you teach from your own textbook?
In a recent discussion in the Textbook Writing & Publishing Discussion Circle in TAA’s online member community regarding whether professors…
Forming a publisher relationship: 3 Steps for submitting your project
In the first installment of this three-part series, “Forming a publisher relationship: The acquisitions editor”, I provided a perspective on…
The most useful textbook & academic writing posts of the week: November 14, 2014
Do you ever lack motivation or find yourself procrastinating by doing something on your to do list that isn’t quite…