Writing your journal article in 12 weeks : a guide to academic publishing success / Wendy Laura Belcher.
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TextPublication details: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, c2009.Description: xxi, 351 p. ; 28 cmISBN: - 141295701X (pbk.)
- 1412957559 (hbk.)
- 9781412957014 (pbk.)
- 9781412957557 (hbk.)
- Writing your journal article in twelve weeks
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
`A comprehensive, well-written and beautifully organized book on publishing articles in the humanities and social sciences that will help its readers write forward with a first-rate guide as good company.′ - Joan Bolker, author of Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day
`Humorous, direct, authentic ... a seamless weave of experience, anecdote, and research.′ - Kathleen McHugh, professor and director of the UCLA Center for the Study of Women
Wendy Laura Belcher′s Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success is a revolutionary approach to enabling academic authors to overcome their anxieties and produce the publications that are essential to succeeding in their fields. Each week, readers learn a particular feature of strong articles and work on revising theirs accordingly. At the end of twelve weeks, they send their article to a journal. This invaluable resource is the only guide that focuses specifically on publishing humanities and social science journal articles.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-340) and index.
Using this workbook -- Designing your plan for writing -- Starting your article -- Advancing your argument -- Selecting a journal -- Reviewing the related literature -- Strengthening your structure -- Presenting your evidence -- Opening and concluding your article -- Giving, getting, and using others' feedback -- Editing your sentences -- Wrapping up your article -- Sending your article! -- Responding to journal decisions.