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How to Write a Lot (Writing Journal Articles (Revision (Cover letter for…
How to Write a Lot
Writing journals deter motivation: chance of success is low; likelihood of criticism and rejection is high; the outcome is not rewarding even if it is successful
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Introduction
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Body: describe relevant research, past work, and more details on the question that motivated your research
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Revision
Cover letter for revision should be comprehensive and detailed: address each action point openly and thoroughly
Decide if the project is worth the effort of revision, or simple submit to another venue
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Tackle each action point: (1) summarize the comment (2) describe what you did; cite specific page (3) discuss how this resolves the comment
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Rejection
Accept that rejection is the norm: the more you write, the more rejections you get
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Coauthoring
(1) most common: one person does all the writing (2) can divide the sections to different people (3) few write together. Coauthors help writing outline and revise the paper.
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Students and faculties are only trained for style of research writing, not the practice of a writing habit
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Writing should be routine, boring, and mundane: foster a set of concrete behaviors
- Starting your own agraphia group
Purpose: talk about ongoing writing projects, get insights and ideas about writing challenges, and help each other set reasonable goals
Set concrete, 1-2 week goals and monitor the group's progress.
Stick to writing goals in the meeting and make it brief: review prior goals, check off met / unmet goals, and set new goals
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Choose good words
Choose short, expressive, and familiar words
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Write strong sentences
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Write parallel sentences without varying terms or sentence types. Describe what is shared and what is variation to avoid repetition.
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Use dash: a single dash connecting a clause or phrase to the end of sentence; two dashes enclose a parenthetical expression
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Avoid passive, limp, and wordy phrases
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Avoid starting a sentence with "Research shows that / indicates that / suggests that" as much as possible
Avoid starting with lumpy phrases like "However / For instance / For example": relocate them to the middle of a sentence
Write first, revise later
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- Specious Barriers to Writing a Lot
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Setting priorities
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If you have nothing to write, help with a project or use the time for professional development
Monitoring progress
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Daily monitoring: number of words, whether the goal is met, the project worked on
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