Writing for Scholarly Publication

by Anne Sigismund Huff

• ISBN13: 9780761918042
• ISBN10: 0761918043
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-10-07
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

Summary

Academic writing has its own ground rules and its own creativity. In this practical guide for students and scholars, the author takes the reader step-by-step through the entire writing and publication process-from choosing a subject, developing content that will engage others, to submitting the final manuscript for publication. The underlying premise of the book is that scholarship depends on interaction with other scholars and that following the rules of good conversation (when writing) results in a greater likelihood of successful publication. Anne Sigismund Huff shows scholars how to improve their skills by selecting the right written works to examine and how to focus the questions asked and influence the way they are answered. This book is filled with exercises, helpful checklists, exemplars, and advice drawn from personal (sometimes painful) experience. A number of useful appendixes, include alternative view from Mary Jo Hatch, a conversation on writing in English by non-native speakers, a "reviewing checklist" to assess the overall quality of a scholarly paper or manuscript, a summary of all the writing exercises, an advice summary, and an annotated bibliography.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
PART I Background	1	(26)
Chapter 1. Writing as Conversation	3	(14)
Chapter 2. Managing Scholarship	17	(10)
PART II Before Writing Begins: Choices That Make Publication More Likely	27	(38)
Chapter 3. Choosing a Topic	29	(16)
Chapter 4. Identifying Conversants	45	(10)
Chapter 5. Using Exemplars	55	(10)
PART III Basic Components of Scholarly Writing	65	(64)
Chapter 6. Title and Abstract	67	(10)
Chapter 7. Making an Outline (Really!)	77	(8)
Chapter 8. Introduction and Conclusion	85	(10)
Chapter 9. Presentation	95	(10)
Chapter 10. Body of the Paper/First Full Draft	105	(12)
Chapter 11. Revision, Submission, Revision, and Publication	117	(12)
Appendix A: A Contrarian Conversation With Mary Jo Hatch	129	(14)
Appendix B: A Conversation on Writing in English by Nonnative Speakers With Jone Pearce	143	(12)
Appendix C: Reviewing Checklist	155	(6)
Kurt Heppard
Appendix D: Exercise Summary/Semester Course Outline	161	(12)
Appendix E: Advice Summary	173	(4)
Annotated Bibliography	177	(8)
Kurt Heppard
About the Author	185