Write your journal article! Strengthening your structure
This seminar is an introduction to the complex world of academic publishing and is designed to give writers in a variety of disciplines practical experience in getting their work published in peer-reviewed journals. We will use the core text Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success (Belcher, 2019).
In the first hour, we will look at strategies to strengthen the structure of your article. To make the most of this session, we suggest that you bring an outline of your article to engage in a peer review activity.
In the second hour, we will continue editing and writing our articles using the Pomodoro technique. We suggest you look at the article’s structure carefully.
This workshop is part of the ‘Write your journal article 12 steps to submission’ programme which aims to explain the publication process to students and shares strategies for achieving success in the academic writing arena, including setting up a work schedule, identifying appropriate journals for submission, working with editors, writing query letters, clarifying arguments, making claims for significance, and organizing material. In a supportive environment, participants revise a draft (often a classroom paper, conference paper, or dissertation chapter) into a peer-reviewed article and submit it for publication. You can sign up for the whole programme, thematic blocks or specific sessions. Read the descriptions carefully to help you prepare for the sessions.
Ideally attendees will have access to Belcher, Wendy Laura. 2019. Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success. Second edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (You need this edition, not the previous one, from 2009.) If you want to keep your workbook clean, you can print out the forms at https://wendybelcher.com/writing-advice/workbook-forms/ and use those instead of writing in the book.
Wednesday 21 February 2024
15.00 to 17.00
Please use PDMS to sign up: https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/pdms/