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[amewa_silk]

I seek a writing group or writing partner in the humanities as I work through Wendy Belcher's book on publishing a journal article in twelve weeks, a book I found out about through the fora.  The last post on this topic was in 2009.  Should I revive the old thread or create a new post?  If a new post is recommended, in which forum does it belong?

[marigolds]

I seek a writing group or writing partner in the humanities as I work through Wendy Belcher's book on publishing a journal article in twelve weeks, a book I found out about through the fora.  The last post on this topic was in 2009.  Should I revive the old thread or create a new post?  If a new post is recommended, in which forum does it belong?

Probably the research forum.

PM me -- I might do it!

[amewa_silk]

Marigolds, thank you for responding.  I am (gasp!) a recent B.A. recipient.  Would my post be better suited to the grad forum?

[professor_pat]

Yes, I would think so (grad forum). I might at some point consider an online writing partner, but only someone with a PhD and a fair bit of journal-article-writing experience under their belt -- not someone who was recently an undergrad.

I'd be concerned that (a) I wouldn't receive much helpful feedback on my own drafts, and (b) commenting on theirs would feel more like teaching than collaboration.

This might not be true for every recent undergrad, but I'd want to know my potential writing partner's experience before I agreed to a collaboration.