tailieunhanh - Writing for Publication part 5

Rebecca Baden, from England, is professor of accounting at the University of the West of England, She did her PhD in politics immediately after graduating from her first degree which was in history and politics. | The Business of Writing 31 different ways sitting down at the keyboard and writing every sentence together one of them drafting a chapter or paper and the other revising it bringing ideas together and one or other of them writing the paper. Both of them feel strongly that they have learned a huge amount from each other both substantively and about the writing process. Pick co-authors with care. Choose people you know and trust and if it doesn t work don t write with them again however much you like them because it s not worth the grief. In contrast you can become close friends with someone by writing with them and particular collaborations may stay with you throughout your academic career. It s a good idea to choose someone with whom you share a theoretical political and or epistemological standpoint but don t necessarily choose people who are identical to you - different knowledges can be complementary and enriching. As with any other piece of academic work collaborative writing needs to be planned and agreed on in advance. We speak more below about getting the attribution of authorship right but it needs to be part of this planning and agreement stage. There is no right way of actually doing collaborative writing. You have to devise a way of working together that suits all the authors. There are a number of variations. Sitting together at the keyboard and deciding mutually on each word. This can be really productive and you are likely to develop a joint authorial voice that is different from either of your individual ones. The great advantage is that you can keep each other going and spark ideas off each other. The disadvantage is the difficulty of finding mutually convenient blocks of time when you can work together. Planning together and then one person drafting the first version for alteration amendment by the other s . This method often generates a productive game of drafting ping-pong as the text is bounced back and forth between authors. Planning together .