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Share Research Visually

22nd November 201711th September 2018 Janet Salmons

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November is Academic Writing Month #AcWriMo at Methodspace! This post was part of the 2017 #AcWriMo series. The theme of week four was: Share Your Work. I asked visual communications expert Lydia Hooper for suggestions. What approaches do you recommend researchers take for using visualizations and images of various kinds to communicate research findings? Is […]

Categories: Academic Writing Month, Other, Presentation, Visuals, and Creativity, Tools and Resources, Writing and Editing

Tags: Janet Salmons, Publishing, Sharing Research, Visual Methods, Writing

Share Your Research on a Blog

21st November 201720th July 2020 Janet Salmons

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November is Academic Writing Month #AcWriMo at Methodspace! This post was part of the 2017 #AcWriMo series. The theme of week four was: Share Your Work. As noted, in the digital age we need to think about sharing our work in more ways than the formal publication of articles or books. This post focuses on blogs, […]

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Sharing Work, Inviting Input

20th November 201720th July 2020 Janet Salmons

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November is Academic Writing Month #AcWriMo at Methodspace! This post was part of the 2017 #AcWriMo series. The theme of week four was: Share Your Work. The academic writing and publishing process used to look like this: . First, we completed the research and finalized the manuscript. Next, our work went through peer review (or if we […]

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Tools for Academic Writers

17th November 201711th September 2018 Janet Salmons

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November is Academic Writing Month #AcWriMo at Methodspace! This post was part of the 2017 #AcWriMo series. The theme of week three was: Focusing to Be Productive. Being productive as a 21c writer means being able to find the right digital tools. My academic writing primarily involves longer projects, namely books. Over the years I’ve […]

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Let’s Tweetchat about Being Productive Writers!

16th November 201716th November 2017 Janet Salmons

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Please join Eric Schmieder from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association and me for a lively chat about ways to improve productivity as academic writers. See this related post, and the #AcWriMo series on Methodspace. No registration is needed, and all are welcome! #acwrichat November 17 at 11 am ET (Global time zones: http://bit.ly/2yHTZlP) In […]

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Tags: Janet Salmons, Publishing, Writing

Focusing: The Muse and the Mundane

14th November 20179th November 2018 Janet Salmons

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November is Academic Writing Month #AcWriMo at Methodspace! This post was part of the 2017 #AcWriMo series. The theme for this week was: Be Productive. Integration of research and writing is differentiates academic and other types of writing. We analyze, critique, and build on others’ published research; we report on our own findings. Some might think […]

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Becoming a Productive Academic Writer

13th November 201711th September 2018 Janet Salmons

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November is Academic Writing Month #AcWriMo at Methodspace! This post was part of the 2017 #AcWriMo series. The theme of week two was: Be Productive. “I don’t have enough time to write!” That is the complaint I hear most frequently from frustrated would-be writers. Most frequently writing is not our only responsibility, so we have to carve […]

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Using Visuals to Support Your Writing Process

10th November 201721st May 2019 Janet Salmons

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November is Academic Writing Month #AcWriMo at Methodspace! This post was part of the 2017 #AcWriMo series. The theme of week two was: Getting Organized. A recent post illustrated how to Use Visual Maps to Organize Your Ideas. Thanks to this guest post from Lydia Hooper, we can learn more ways to use visual expression to complement our […]

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Tags: Publishing, Visual Methods, Visualize, Visuals, Writing

Resources for Organizing Your Writing Projects

9th November 2017 Janet Salmons

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November is Academic Writing Month #AcWriMo at Methodspace! The theme of week two is: Getting Organized. Here are some open access resources from SAGE Publications and respected writing centers or bloggers to help you set priorities and meet writing goals: Chapter 2: “Chapter 2 Goodson_Becoming an Academic Writer 2e (1)” from Becoming an Academic Writer […]

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What Do We Write to Convey?

8th November 2017 Davina Cooper

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Professor Davina Cooper explains how to differentiate your writing style to make your work standout and be more relevant. Academic writing doesn’t necessarily aspire to represent what is, as if the material world can be imitated point for point in thought, but to create.

Categories: Academic Writing Month, Writing and Editing

Tags: ACWRIMO, How-to, Publishing, Writing

Research > Publication > Impact (You Might Need a Strategy for That)

7th November 20178th November 2017 Janet Salmons

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November is Academic Writing Month #AcWriMo at Methodspace! The theme of week two is: Getting Organized. This post from the Methodspace archives might help you to align your writing and career goals. Carrying out scholarly research is a challenge, whether you are conducting an empirical study, reviewing literature, or developing a new theory. But research is […]

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Tags: Janet Salmons, Publication Strategy, Publishing, Social Media, Writing

Use Visual Maps to Organize Your Ideas

7th November 201720th July 2020 Janet Salmons

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November is Academic Writing Month #AcWriMo at Methodspace! The theme this week is: Getting Organized. The previous post explored ways to use outlining; this post presents visual options. I am a visual thinker, so prefer to illustrate my ideas and plans. Visual maps can be helpful when you are brainstorming ideas for your writing project, or […]

Categories: Academic Writing Month, Presentation, Visuals, and Creativity, Tools and Resources, Writing and Editing

Tags: Janet Salmons, Mapping, Visual Maps, Visual Methods, Writing

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