Publish or Perish - The Educator's Imperative

Allan A. Glatthorn

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Continuing Professional Development | Decision Making Tools | Teaching Methods & Learning Styles

June 2002 | 256 pages | Corwin

Every educational leader has a story to tell, owever putting that story in words on paper and into a book can be overwhelming, even for the most experienced educators. In his book Publish or Perish, author Allan A Glatthorn outlines the essential steps to becoming a published writer: from the preliminary phase of focusing on a subject matter, to marketing the published work on-line.

While the author illustrates how to write profession specific material, the information he conveys is invaluable to any aspiring author. Publish or Perish is a reader friendly book with personal accounts of failure and success, detailed advice, and practical information.

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Part I: Getting Started

1. Becoming a Published Writing Professional

The Reasons for Writing and Publishing

The Drawbacks of Writing

Learning to Write

The Organization of This Work

2. Focusing and Planning for the Long Term

Finding a Focus

A Rationale for Finding a Focus

Making the Long-Term Plan

Complete the Writing Life Stream

Complete the Research Life Stream

A Final Note

3. Using the Tools of the Writer's Craft

Books and Journals

A Writer's Notebook

Computer, Printer, and Word Processing Software

Other Uses of the Technology

Other Hardware

A Final Note

Part II: Mastering the Writing Process

4. Finding a Topic

Write About What You Know

Study Professional Journals

Use the Focus Finder

Go Against the Grain

Find a Problem

5. Building the Knowledge Base

Make Preparations

Use a Comprehensive Retrieval Process

Continue to Update Your Files

6. Organizing Your Writing

The Nature of Reader-Centered Organization

Identify Type of Writing and the Audience

Review the Literature

Make Visual Presentations

Make Your Organization Known to Your Reader

7. Writing the First Draft

Get Ready to Write

Listen to Your Writing

Be Aware of Paragraph Length and Topic Sentences as You Write

Integrate the Knowledge Base

Focus on Results

8. Revising and Editing

Knowing When to Revise and Edit

Getting Help in Revising and Editing

Revising Effectively

Editing Carefully

9. Publishing: Working With Editors and Publishers

Choosing the Right Venue

Choosing a Publisher

Understanding the Publishing Process

Knowing the People in the Process

Working With Editors

Writing the Query Letter

Developing the Proposal

Signing Contracts

Publishing in Journals

A Concluding Note

Part III: Writing for the Profession

10. Writing for Practitioners' Journals

Study and Select the Journal

Decide About a Query Letter

Build the Knowledge Base

Write and Effective Introduction

Understand the Types of Practitioner Articles

Take Care of the Final Details

A Concluding Note

11. Writing for Research Journals

Take Care of Preliminary Matters

Follow General Guidelines

Write the Abstract

Write the Introduction

Review of the Literature

Explain the Methodology

Report the Results

Summarize and Discuss the Results

A Concluding Note

12. Writing the Opinion Piece

Handling Preliminary Matters

Writing the Introduction

Stating Your Arguments

Writing the Rebuttal

Writing the Conclusion

Revising as Necessary

A Concluding Note

13. Writing the Big Book

Getting Ready to Write

Writing the Big Book

Writing the Front Matter

Writing the Remaining Chapters

Taking Care of Final Matters

Revising and Preparing for Submission

Promoting the Published Book

14. Using the Internet

Learning From the Internet

Seeking Funding

Communicating With Others

Publishing on the Internet

Part IV: Writing in Academic Settings

15. Writing the Review of the Literature

Planning the Review

Writing the First Draft of the Review

Meeting Requirements of Special Uses

16. Responding to Your Reading

Before You Read

Read Appreciatively and Critically

Write Your Response

17. Mastering the Academic Style: Research Proposal, Thesis, and Dissertation

Writing the Academic Style: Organization

Making the Organization Clear

Choosing the Right Words

Mastering Sentences

Mastering the Paragraph

Some Final Reminders

Part V: Writing in the Organization

Sharon Schlegel and Allan Glatthorn

18. Publishing in the Local Paper

Cultivating Local Sources

Establishing Contact

Writing the News Release

Writing Letters to the Editor

Writing Feature Articles

Working With a Reporter or Journalist

Writing the Feature Yourself

Writing a Column

19. Writing Successful Proposals for Funding

Before You Start Writing

Writing the Proposal

Resources

Part VI: Conclusion

20. A Look Behind and A Look Ahead

A Look Behind

A Look Ahead

Index

Superbly organized and presented . . .Publish or Perish is the definitive and strongly recommended introduction to converting ideas into the printed world in order to establish and achieve professional goals through the process of writing and being published.

Midwest Book Review, August 2003