Writing Habits & Strategies
Silvia, P. J. (2007). How to write a lot: A practical guide to productive academic writing. American Psychological Association.
Belcher, W. L. (2019). Writing your journal article in twelve weeks: A guide to academic publishing success. University of Chicago Press.
Mayrath, M. C. (2008). Attributions of productive authors in educational psychology journals. Educational Psychology Review, 20(1), 41-56.
Dr. Pete Carr (University of Minnesota, Department of Chemistry)'s Presentation (How to Write a Paper in a Weekend).
- This book presents important tips to keep your habits on productive academic writing. It helps you to build up your productive writing habit.
Belcher, W. L. (2019). Writing your journal article in twelve weeks: A guide to academic publishing success. University of Chicago Press.
- This book shows a practical journal article writing plan. Your manuscript development takes long time to be completed. You need to set a strategic plan and project a timeline for publishing.
Mayrath, M. C. (2008). Attributions of productive authors in educational psychology journals. Educational Psychology Review, 20(1), 41-56.
- Although this article only covers the story from the authors in educational psychology fields, the interview from them would help you to motivate yourself in academic writing. Their routines and passions in research and academic writing are inspiring.
Dr. Pete Carr (University of Minnesota, Department of Chemistry)'s Presentation (How to Write a Paper in a Weekend).
- Dr. Carr shares his personal tip of productive academic writing. Keywords here are "no procrastination" and "outline."
Purdue Online Writing Lab: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/academic_writing/index.html
- This website is already well known for an online platform that shares various academic writing styles. In addition, this website is particularly useful to get you started with building your logic in your manuscript.
Writing Logs
Writing log is helpful to track your writing records and self-evaluate your writing performance. You can check the writing log example here (link). In this club, we will also use this log to encourage every member to record their writing records.
Literature Review & Data Collection
- Connected Papers: This is a web-based app that visualizes how the article with your interest is connected with other studies in a database. It helps you to intuitively grasp the ideas of how your literature is interconnected.
- Publish or Perish: Publish or Perish is a software program that retrieves and analyzes academic citations. This desktop-based app helps you to arrange the literature you want to include.