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Making Writing a Successful & Enjoyable Experience
Kathryn Yorkston, Ph.D.ProfessorRehabilitation
MedicineUniversity of
Washington
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The truth about writing
Travel is only glamorous in retrospect. (Paul Thoreau, travel write)
Writing is only glamorous in retrospect (Kathy Yorkston, Apprentice writer)
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The truth about writing
Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go. (E L Doctorow)
Writing fosters learning about your topic
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The truth about writing
Reading maketh a full man, conversation a ready man, and writing an exact man. (F. Bacon)
• Writing is mandatory for a scholarly career
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The truth about writing
Writing is a dreadful Labour, yet not so dreadful as Idleness. (Thomas Carlyle: 1795-1881)
Writing must compete with other
activities
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The truth about writing
Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness, but I doubt if they improve his writing....(Ernest Hemingway)
Writing is a solitary activity
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The truth about writing
Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe. (J.G. Dunne)
Writing is a craft requiring The Right Techniques The Right Tools
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Writing is. . .
Not glamorous Fosters learning Mandatory for an scholarly career Must compete with other activities A solitary activity A craft requiring techniques & tools
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Overview of this talk
Techniques Managing competing activities Finding the right collaborators
Tools (beyond the basics) Word Processor Tools Reference management Search large literature databases Personal Planner
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Managing the Competition
• Transitions out of the exterior deadlines of student-hood• Deadlines imposed by students, clinical work, committees• Moving from deadline-driven to an integrated schedule
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Scheduled Writing
During my writing time, I would rather do anything else. Writing is lonely, solitary work. Crises of confidence are common. Positive reinforcement is uncertain and delayed. When I think about being a “writer,” I imagine lots of positive feelings, however, when I actually write, it just feel like hard work. Beukelman, 1999
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Schedule-driven writing
Write everydayFinish each day with 3 tasks to start the
next morningMeasure success by time not productLimit your writing time (maybe 2
hrs/day)Accept solitary (not social) nature of
writingAbandon perfection but accept progress
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Finding the right writing partners
Know what you are getting intoAvoid binge writersPing pong writing styleExpect honesty not politenessOthers . . . .
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Tools: Beyond the basics
Word Processor ToolsReference ManagementSearch Literature - Large
DatabasesPersonal Planner
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Customizing a ToC
Customize style, e.g. APAInsert the right heading levels as you
writeLook at your ToC - Use it to organize
your writingShare it with our co-authors
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Benefits of a Good ToC
Helps you organize your first draftIncluding it on the first page, orients
your collaboratorsAutomatically puts you in APA stylePrevents heading problems that are
red-flags to reviewers
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Reference Management
Learn the basics of a program and then use it to: Save time Prevent reference errors (also a red flag
to reviewers)Advanced tip
Using Endnote to organize your article collection
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Key word info
1.Yorkston KM, Klasner ER, Swanson KM. Communication in context: A qualitative study of the experiences of individuals with multiple sclerosis. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 2001; 10: 126-137 (file # 861 speech language cognition fatigue).
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Search literature databases
Basics Get to know your library & librarian Use automated searches
Advanced tips Use well-structured Tables of Evidence
(Garrard J, 1999)
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Tables of Evidence
Allow you to focus on what’s important to you
Tell a story if you read them in chronological order
Allow your students to help
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Personal Planner
Develop a collection habitWork toward “a mind like water”
Get things out of your head Put them in a collection system you can
trust Let your mind do other things
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Readings:
Allen, D. (2001). Getting things done: The Art of stress-free productivity. New York: Viking.
Boice R: Professors as writers: A self-help guide to productive writing. Stillwater, OK, New Forums Press, 1990.
Garrard J: Health sciences literature review made easy: The matrix method. Gaithersburg, MD, Aspen Publishing, 1999.