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Teachers Writing for Publication: Tips from a Teacher, Author, and Editor
By: Louann Reid
Date: April 25, 2008
Summary: The former editor of NCTE's English Journal provides tips for writing professional articles, a list of appropriate journals accepting professional writing, examples of "calls for manuscripts," and an inside look at the manuscript review process.
Excerpt
Lou Ann Reid provides a dozen tips to help teachers write for publication:
- Teach with an inquiring mind.
- Keep a teaching log.
- Set writing goals for yourself.
- Maintain a file of ideas for possible articles.
- Form or join a writing group.
- Read journals, especially those you want to write for.
- Consider classroom activities and conference
presentations as sources of articles.- Target the journals for your article, considering
readership, acceptance rate, reputation, and your
publishing goals.- Know the readers.
- Write for themed issues.
- Revise and resubmit if invited to do so.
- Learn from rejections; celebrate successes.
Copyright © 2008. Reprinted with permission from Louann Reid.
Reid, Louann. 2008. Teachers Writing for Publication: Tips from a Teacher, Author, and Editor.
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