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Nuts & Bolts of Writing | Overview of the Research Process
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- Introduction
- Most writers have difficulty writing because they have too much to say, not because they have too little,
- Even when writers have a focused topic, they sometimes have difficulty writing because they don't know who their readers will be
- More time planning = less time drafting
- Getting Started
- Survey your area of interest
- Look at textbook headings
- Book search using Library of Congress headings
- CD-Rom and On-line databases
- Standard manuals and guides
- Start to narrow topic
- Searching for Information
- Writerly Drafts
- Define what you want to say
- List what you know
- Search for missing information
- Quickly generate continuous prose
- Continue to narrow topic
- Readerly Drafts
- Define external audience
- Assess audience's background and familiarity with topic
- Anticipate audience's interests and biases
- Reconcile the following: the data; your understanding; the audience's expectations
- Search for missing information
- Revise your message
- Add documentation
- Continue to narrow topic
- Publication
- Reassess audience and intent
- Edit for language use
- Incorporate standard documentation
- Format according to standard conventions
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