Publishing your article in 10 weeks

Objectives
This is a course for those who have a rough draft of something that they want to publish in an academic, peer-reviewed journal. The goal of this course is to aid participants in revising their papers and in overcoming anxiety about academic publishing. There’s no simple formula for getting published. But there are some challenges that confront all academic writers regardless of their discipline. The course uses Wendy Laura Belcher’s Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success, to examine the publication process and shares strategies for publishing success.

Content

• setting up a realistic time frame for your writing process
• identifying, understanding, and clarifying arguments and claims for significance
• opening and concluding your article
• restructuring your article
• identifying appropriate journals for submission
• working with editors, writing query letters