Writing and Publishing the Academic Article: One-Week Workshop
I have designed the content and convenience of this course for research institutes and universities outside the United States. The course has the same content as the ten-week course, but is structured around one week of intensive work together and on-line work before and after. That is, participants submit work by e-mail to the instructor before the intensive week together and actually send the article to a journal several months later.
Syllabus
Week 1
Participants submit abstract of essay to instructor by e-mail.
Week 3
Participants submit draft of essay to instructor by e-mail.
Week
5
Particpants bring a copy of their essay to workshop.
Day
1 , Monday
Morning
Session: Introduction
Introduction and discussion about writing
Lecture:
Keys to academic writing success
Afternoon
Session: Making a Plan
Lecture:
Designing a work plan
Exercises:
Writing an abstract, Hammering out your topic
Day
2, Tuesday
Morning
Session: What Gets Published
Assignment:
Work plan and abstract due
Lecture:
Publishable and unpublishable articles
Afternoon
Session: Scholarly Argument
Lecture:
Making an argument
Exercise:
Clarifying your argument
Day
3, Wednesday
Morning
Session: Selecting a Journal
Assignment:
Revised abstracts and work plan due; bring journals
Lecture:
Identifying journals for submission
Exercise:
Choosing a journal; Writing your query letter
Afternoon
Session: Publication Process
Lecture:
From submission to publication
Exercise:
Discussing journals identified for submission
Day
4, Thursday
Morning
Session: Scholarly Stucture
Assignment: Outline of structure due
Lecture: Learning to organize ideas and research
Exercises: Outlining your structure
Afternoon
Session: Titles
Lecture: Learning to write good titles
Exercises: Group work on titles
Day
5, Friday
Morning
Session: Scholarly Editing
Assignment:
Bring draft to work on in class
Lecture:
Learning to delete, cut
Exercise:
Redrafting sentences (eliminating redundancies)
Afternoon
Session: Journal Decisions
Lecture: Responding to revise and resubmit notices
Open
discussion
Week 8
Participants submit revised draft to instructor by e-mail.
Week
14
Participants submit final draft to journal of their choice.
