In our previous post we unpeeled the sticker a little bit on how the magic process of submission to … well, let’s just stick with ‘publication’ and be optimistic … happens. Step 11 compresses the process of being offered a second chance into a few brief words. It’s probably a good idea to think a […]
Category: practical-authorship
Practical Authorship: Have we included too many rules for writing?
I’ve written recently about the various things you should do when writing, and, perhaps more importantly, about the things that you shouldn’t do. But there is a risk that you take me a little too literally. […]
Practical Authorship: Keeping it Brief
You’ll have read, or have been taught about haiku, the highly stylised Japanese three line poetry which has five, seven and five syllables per line. What you don’t hear is people saying “Oh, haiku are great; I just wish they were a bit longer”. […]
Practical Authorship: What not to do when writing, 2.
What not to do when writing? Well! Where should I start? (actually, I already have – check out the previous post where I covered loads of really good stuff like how to talk about people and things and punctuation and irritants generally.)* Here I’m going to talk about the use of mathematical symbols, abbreviations and quote […]
Practical Authorship: What not to do when writing, 1.
The world is full of people who will tell what rules to follow when writing, and include some frankly made up rules about what not to do. Many of these should be ignored and dismissed as the worst sort of control freakery. I’d argue that there is no such thing as incorrect writing – because […]
Practical Authorship: Starting to Write
I’ve hopefully convinced you in my previous posts that you might like to write, and I may even have given you some ideas about what to write about. This is about how to actually write something. […]
Practical Authorship: What to write instead of a Case Report
I’ve spent quite a while trying to convince you that you really ought not to be writing a case report. But you’re in a bind. Firstly, you’ve got in mind a case report – or you’re under pressure to write a case report with (for) someone. And also, you’ve got to get published. So, what […]
Practical Authorship: Should I write a Case Report?
Should you write a case report? There is a short answer here, and there is a long answer. I will give you the short answer, but only if you promise to read the rest. The short answer is “no”*. The longer answer is… […]
Practical Authorship: Who is Reading?
If you write, who is reading? Something I find strange is that people don’t draw on their own experience of reading when they begin to write. As such, they often don’t write in a way that they themselves would be drawn to. Let me start here with a couple of questions. Please answer […]
Practical Authorship: What should you write?
What do you want to write? I ended the last blog post with the thought that you might write about things that irritate you, or that interest you. […]