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Previous "Page Proof" ColumnsAdvice for academics about writing and getting published Page Proof If graduate students in the humanities are not being taught how to write,
how can we expect those in the sciences to do any better?
Page Proof Why do graduate students tend to be so eager to dismiss, dislike, and
disrespect what they read?
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manuscript will lead to a contract?
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If you must be negative, have the nerve to stand by what you think and sign
your name to it.
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How to avoid hurt feelings and battered relationships when friends turn to
you for a close read.
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What are the odds that you can pull together your previously published work
into a collection?
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What do you do when you're jilted by the person who best appreciated your
work? For starters, don't take it personally.
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The fearlessness and linguistic facility of a trio of provocative writers
should serve as a role model for academics.
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Don't know your French flaps from your headbands? Here's a guide to the arcane terminology of the book world.
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Is it better to revise your first draft, or junk it and start over?
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To those of you with other people's manuscripts sitting on your desk, get to
them soon or give them back.
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As academics, we often don't look like we're working because many of the people around us don't understand what it looks like to do intellectual work.
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Books on narrow topics aren't going to get published unless academic authors can explain why their work matters.
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Often the kindest thing you can tell a Ph.D. is to put the dissertation in a desk drawer, and move on.
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It's easy to lose yourself in the research and never get around to actually putting words down on paper.
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Why does it seem like the only time undergraduates encounter 'literary nonfiction' is in composition courses?
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If it's a joy to express your thoughts on the page, bully for you; but for this writer, it's hard work.
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A former editor in scholarly publishing helps decode manuscript-rejection letters.
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Too many books by academics are nothing more than data dumps.
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Though it can be bruising, having the fluff knocked out of your writing is not a bad thing.
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Reasonableness is one of the first things to go when we toil to put our hearts and minds on the printed page.
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In a new monthly column, Rachel Toor explores the writing and publishing process in academe.
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