Course selection
Write your journal article! Advancing your argument
Audience: PG research
Date: Wednesday 5 February 2025
Times: 12.00 to 14.00
Programme: GRADskills
Programme: Write your journal article! 12 steps to submission
Key details: This workshop will run online. If you plan on taking a few workshops in the 'Write your journal article!' series, consider signing up for the programme: https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/pdms/programmes.php?Programme_instanceID=92&Mode=Single
Target audience
Research PGs at any stages. You should ideally come with an idea for a journal article you would like to produce
Qualifications needed
Optional: Write your journal article! Designing your plan for writing
Course pre-work
Suggested preparation: • Skim Belcher’s workbook Introduction and Week 1: Designing Your Plan for Writing (pages 1-59), without doing the tasks, but pay close attention to the “Selecting a Paper for Revision” section and make sure that your paper is appropriate. • Read Belcher’s workbook Week 2: Advancing Your Argument, filling out the boxes and forms and doing the tasks through the Day 1 tasks (pages 60-83). Do not do the Day 2-5 tasks; you will do them in class. • Fill out your “Week 1 Calendar for Actual (Not Planned) Writing” each day. • Prepare a one-minute elevator talk on the argument of your article.
Follow on course
Write your journal article! Abstracting your article
Course information
PLEASE NOTE: This workshop will run online. If you are no longer able to attend, please cancel your place at least two working days before so that we can allow others onto the course.
This seminar is an introduction to the complex world of academic publishing and is designed to give writers in a variety of disciplines practical experience in getting their work published in peer-reviewed journals. We will use the core text Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success (Belcher, 2019). The course explains the publication process to students and shares strategies for achieving success in the academic writing arena, including setting up a work schedule, identifying appropriate journals for submission, working with editors, writing query letters, clarifying arguments, making claims for significance, and organizing material. In a supportive environment, participants revise a draft (often a classroom paper, conference paper, or dissertation chapter) into a peer-reviewed article and submit it for publication. You can sign up for the whole programme, thematic blocks or specific sessions. Read the descriptions carefully to help you prepare for the sessions. Happy writing!
Aims and objectives
In the first hour, we will look at strategies to advance your argument, you will also have the opportunity to discuss your ideas and receive peer feedback.
In the second hour, we will continue writing our articles using the Pomodoro technique.
Tutors
Dr Paula Villegas Verdu
Course provider
IELLI
Email: ielli@st-andrews.ac.uk