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On Writing in Grad School - The Conversation - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

  • Here is part of the last entry: “Grad school demands that we unlearn many things, but I never imagined that writing would be one of them. As I write this here, at the end of these thousands of words, I still feel like I just started writing. My hand cramps. I worry. I don’t flow with copious rigor.”
Rick West

Writing 20 Minutes Every. Single. Day. - ProfHacker - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher E... - 1 views

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    I don't really agree with the upper limit of writing, personally. If you're writing well, keep going!
Rick West

TP Msg. #1176 Twenty Steps to Writing a Research Article | Tomorrow's Professor Blog - 0 views

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    good summary of the basic article writing process for publication. I like that they emphasize outlining and writing with your audience in mind.
Rick West

The No-Fail Secret to Writing a Dissertation | Vitae - 0 views

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    apologies for the swearing, but this is a great article on habits to productive writing.
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Colson Whitehead's Rules for Writing - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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    writing tips and habits
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Improbable Research - 1 views

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    How to write a scientific paper :-)
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My Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Dissertation - Do Your Job Better - The Chroni... - 0 views

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    habits and strategies for writing
Rick West

The Rhetoric of the CV - Manage Your Career - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

  • Never include your graduate school GPA
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      I don't know, I think GPAs are good if you have a good GPA.
  • lot depends on the type of college to which you are applying.
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      This is exactly right---emphasize teaching for a teaching college, and research for a research university.
  • clearly labeled headings for each kind of publication that you have: books, peer-reviewed journal articles, peer-reviewed book chapters, other kinds of peer-reviewed writing, book reviews, encyclopedia articles, other types of academic writing, and so on.
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  • Doing so implicitly argues that you believe a peer-reviewed article has the same scholarly impact as a book review. That, of course, is not true, and I am sure that you do not actually believe it, but the rhetoric of your CV is suggesting that you do.
  • uch work should be clearly labeled and placed in a subsection called "Under Submission" or "Work in Progress."
  • have individual subsections highlighting courses for which you were the instructor of record, for which you were a graduate assistant, or for which you gave guest presentations (if applicable).
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    how to write up your vita.
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The Professor Is In: How to Write an Honest but Collegial Book Review | Vitae - 0 views

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    how to write a book review, and also just advice about being overly critical as a reviewer in general
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Common Errors in English Usage - 0 views

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    Looks like a good resource of information on common writing errors
Rick West

Graduate School Is a Means to a Job - Manage Your Career - The Chronicle of Higher Educ... - 0 views

  • If offered the option of writing a master's thesis, seriously consider taking it, as it can form the core of your first refereed journal article. Plan out a publishing trajectory to ensure that you have at least one sole-authored refereed journal article before you defend your dissertation.
  • Attend every job talk in your department and affiliated departments religiously. It matters not if those talks are in your field or subfield.
  • Take every opportunity available to present your work publicly.
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  • Make your mistakes in graduate school, where the stakes are low, so that you are a master of the podium when the stakes are high.
  • apply annually to present a paper at your national conference
  • Cultivate a letter writer who is not from your Ph.D.-granting institution.
  • Write your dissertation with an eye to the publications that it will become
  • You must publish enough to get a job without prematurely exhausting your supply of material you will need for tenure.
  • Remember that the best dissertation is a finished dissertation.
  • Do what it takes to satisfy your committee and finish.
  • Be the sole instructor of at least one course
  • Go on the market while A.B.D. because you want to make your worst mistakes while you still have a year of financial support from your home department. Most people who prevail on the market need at least two years to do so.
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    An academic career counselor talks about the job search process
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