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One goal of the Writing Group will be to help provide resources about the academic writing process to our members.
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Have a resource to share? Want to write a review? Let us know!
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Articles about Academic Writing
Botten, E.L. 2012. Writing Your Dissertation: Where to Start. British Journal of Nursing, 21(22): 1323.
Harris, M.B. 1974. Accelerating Dissertation Writing: Case Study. Psychological Reports, 34: 984-6. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1974.34.3.984
Howard, J. 2015. The Secret to Hitting Your Writing Goals May Be Simple: Peer Pressure. Chronicle of Higher Education.
Harris, M.B. 1974. Accelerating Dissertation Writing: Case Study. Psychological Reports, 34: 984-6. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1974.34.3.984
Howard, J. 2015. The Secret to Hitting Your Writing Goals May Be Simple: Peer Pressure. Chronicle of Higher Education.
Books about Academic Writing
Getting through the Dissertation
Writing Your Dissertation in 15 Minutes a Day, by Joan Bolker [amazon] [ut libraries]
How can 15 minutes a day really help you write your dissertation? Sometimes, 15 minutes is all you need to reconnect with your work and find a thread that will keep you writing for hours. Sometimes, 15 minutes is a less intimidating commitment that can help you reset your day and thinking so you can get back to work! Writing in 15 minute blocks of time means you can get more done when you feel like you don't have large blocks of time to just write.
Destination Dissertation, by Sonja K. Foss and William Waters [amazon] [ut libraries]
A favorite for many doctoral students/candidates, this book has a mixture of humor, excellent advice, and much need accountability. You might see the dissertation as this complex beast with moving parts and vague ways to be successful, but this book does an excellent job breaking it down into concrete steps you can follow to a done dissertation (this best kind)!
Writing Your Dissertation in 15 Minutes a Day, by Joan Bolker [amazon] [ut libraries]
How can 15 minutes a day really help you write your dissertation? Sometimes, 15 minutes is all you need to reconnect with your work and find a thread that will keep you writing for hours. Sometimes, 15 minutes is a less intimidating commitment that can help you reset your day and thinking so you can get back to work! Writing in 15 minute blocks of time means you can get more done when you feel like you don't have large blocks of time to just write.
Destination Dissertation, by Sonja K. Foss and William Waters [amazon] [ut libraries]
A favorite for many doctoral students/candidates, this book has a mixture of humor, excellent advice, and much need accountability. You might see the dissertation as this complex beast with moving parts and vague ways to be successful, but this book does an excellent job breaking it down into concrete steps you can follow to a done dissertation (this best kind)!
Improving the Quality of Writing
Clueless in Academe: How Schooling Obscures the Life of the Mind by Gerald Graff. [amazon] [ut libraries]
They Say, I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing by Gerald Graff. [amazon] [ut libraries]
Need to spice up your writing, and get away from the "In conclusion" phrases? This book will help you! (Pro tip: check out Half Priced Books for used copies and a seriously reduced price. Having your own copy is...priceless)
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath and Dan Heath. [amazon] [ut libraries]
Clueless in Academe: How Schooling Obscures the Life of the Mind by Gerald Graff. [amazon] [ut libraries]
They Say, I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing by Gerald Graff. [amazon] [ut libraries]
Need to spice up your writing, and get away from the "In conclusion" phrases? This book will help you! (Pro tip: check out Half Priced Books for used copies and a seriously reduced price. Having your own copy is...priceless)
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath and Dan Heath. [amazon] [ut libraries]
Writing Literature Reviews
The Craft of Research, by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory C. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams.
The Craft of Research, by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory C. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams.
