My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is available through UniversityAffairs.ca. This Ask Dr. Editor piece explores the difficulties of writing social science and humanities research proposals, breaking down research “significance” into four facets: “How to show your project’s worth in social science and humanities research proposals: There are several different ways to define the “significance” ofContinue reading “#AskDrEditor: How to show your project’s worth in social science and humanities research proposals”
Category Archives: Structural Editing
#AskDrEditor: Literature reviews that work
My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is available through UniversityAffairs.ca. This Ask Dr. Editor piece outlines the components of an effective lit review, with a special emphasis on nuance and flow: “Literature reviews that work: Techniques for coherent, analytical lit reviews.” Have a question you want me to answer? Contact me!
#AskDrEditor: How to write persuasively in promotion and tenure documents
My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is available through UniversityAffairs.ca. This Ask Dr. Editor piece provides tips for demonstrating the value of your work in writing, for promotion and tenure review: “How to write persuasively in promotion and tenure documents: Be sure your application shows the significance of your work while focusing on your most compelling accomplishments.”Continue reading “#AskDrEditor: How to write persuasively in promotion and tenure documents”
#AskDrEditor: How to revise and resubmit without despair
My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is now available through UniversityAffairs.ca. This Ask Dr. Editor provides a six-step process for addressing seemingly impossible demands from peer reviewers: “How to revise and resubmit without despair: A six-step approach for doing the (seemingly) impossible task of applying reviewer feedback to your journal article.” Have a questionContinue reading “#AskDrEditor: How to revise and resubmit without despair”
#AskDrEditor: How, when and why to use readability formulas to improve your academic writing
My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is now available through UniversityAffairs.ca. This Ask Dr. Editor column describes how readability formulas work, and the few academic contexts in which readability formulas are helpful and appropriate: “How, when and why to use readability formulas to improve your academic writing There are many tools that measure readabilityContinue reading “#AskDrEditor: How, when and why to use readability formulas to improve your academic writing”
#AskDrEditor: Being understood outside your discipline
My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is now available through UniversityAffairs.ca. The ninth Ask Dr. Editor column provides concrete steps to help you ensure that readers outside your discipline will understand your key words & concepts: “Being understood outside your discipline: how to immerse yourself in the linguistic world in which your readers live,Continue reading “#AskDrEditor: Being understood outside your discipline”
#AskDrEditor: How to publish compelling, collaboratively written journal articles
My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is now available through UniversityAffairs.ca. The eighth Ask Dr. Editor column digs into best practices for collaborative publishing: how to share a single authorial voice, to incorporate an innovate structure, to communicate with your editor, and to fight the goddamned patriarchy: “Authoring together: How to publish compelling, collaboratively writtenContinue reading “#AskDrEditor: How to publish compelling, collaboratively written journal articles”
#AskDrEditor: Proposing and Structuring Conference Papers
My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is now available through UniversityAffairs.ca. The sixth Ask Dr. Editor column focuses on strategies to surprise and excite your audience during conference presentations: “Proposing and Structuring Conference Papers.” Have a question you want me to answer? Contact me!