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How to stop writing for your harshest critics

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Jo VanEvery

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I had a question from a client a couple of weeks ago that I suspect resonates with many academic writers. In The Scholarly Writing Process, I talk about the importance of identifying the audience for the article or book you are writing. You don't need to do this right at the beginning, but knowing … [Read more...] about How to stop writing for your harshest critics

Filed Under: Developing a Practice, Ethos & Influences, Writing Tagged With: audience, emotions, inner critic

Communication vs Validation: why are you publishing?

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Jo VanEvery 1 Comment

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The primary purpose of publishing, even scholarly publishing, is communication. If you centre the communicative role of publishing, with a focus on the audience and the difference you would like your work to make for that audience, decisions about when and where to publish will change. This … [Read more...] about Communication vs Validation: why are you publishing?

Filed Under: Audio Version Available, Communicating Knowledge Tagged With: audience, audio, audio version available, authority, blog, citations, classroom, communication, conferences, Fyfe, journal articles, Margaret Atwood, monographs, seminar, validation

Stop worrying about recycling

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Jo VanEvery

Back in 2011, Aimée Morrison wrote a post on Hook & Eye Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, in which she discussed the question What I've been really thinking about lately is this: how much reusing and recycling of our work is appropriate here? This is a common concern, especially among early career … [Read more...] about Stop worrying about recycling

Filed Under: Beyond the Academy, Communicating Knowledge, Presenting Your Research, Scholarly Publishing Tagged With: Aimée Morrison, audience, Hook & Eye

Writing for the people who will like your work

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Jo VanEvery Leave a Comment

It strikes me that many academics spend a lot of time and energy worrying about the people who will hate their work. Even before you've written the article, you are imagining someone criticizing it, probably in a particularly mean and hurtful way. No wonder you have trouble writing. Write for … [Read more...] about Writing for the people who will like your work

Filed Under: Communicating Knowledge, Developing a Practice, Writing Tagged With: audience

Book proposals

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Jo VanEvery 1 Comment

Someone on Twitter mentioned book proposals in response to my post on planning. This is a good example of getting stuck in the plan (and then possibly getting stuck with the plan), so I thought I'd talk more about it. What is a book proposal for? The obvious answer is that it is the means by which … [Read more...] about Book proposals

Filed Under: Communicating Knowledge, Developing a Practice, Planning, Scholarly Publishing Tagged With: audience, book publishing, editor, Rachel Toor, Scrivener

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