Some folks have asked me about how to perform clear writing;-) My favorite book is Howard Becker's Writing for Social Scientists. (Howard is a famous qualitative sociologist.) He also has a fine, broader book, Tricks of the Trade. My shorter guide, "How to Write a Paper" is on the Publications list of my website -- near the bottom. So is my humorous "Lifecycle of Authorhoods" and "Bum Raps: Notes of a Weary Conference Goer" (written pre-AOIR conferences). I gave the "How to Write" stuff yesterday as a 3-hour workshop for Toronto sociology doctoral students, and it seemed to go well. I am going to turn "How to Write" from its current semi-outline form into a fully-paragraphed guide. I would appreciate any suggestions from list readers about what to keep in, expand -- or leave out. PS: Thanks to all the MacGwyver fans. You have given me heart. Barry _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 To network is to live; to live is to network _____________________________________________________________________
For Barry and all who are interested, Barry's shorter guide "How to Write a Paper" is on the AoIR website under "Graduate Student Resources". Best regards, Leslie Tkach-Kawasaki University of Tsukuba Tsukuba, Japan
Dear Air-ers - Couldn't agree more on the Howard Becker. Helped me with wirting up my thesis. Matthew Allen's (our prez) Smart Thinking is worth it's weight in gold. To claify thoughts and organize oneself logically BEFORE writing - might solve some serious writing tangles. Good thinking - and how to express that runs all the way through the book. Not to be missed! Denise Denise N. Rall, Ph.D. submitted, School of Environ. Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 AUSTRALIA Tuesdays: Room T2.12, +61 (0)2 6620 3577 or Mobile 0438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/rsm/staff/pages/drall/index.html Virtual member, Cybermetrics Group, University of Wolverhampton, UK http://cybermetrics.wlv.ac.uk/index.html
Hi, all, Barry's shorter guide "How to Write a Paper" is **NOW** on the AoIR website again under "Scholarly Resources", then "Individual Articles and Papers". Sorry for any previous confusion. Best regards, Leslie Tkach-Kawasaki Ph.D. Candidate University of Tsukuba Tsukuba, Japan
Dear Air-ers - Couldn't agree more on the Howard Becker. Helped me with wirting up my thesis. Matthew Allen's (our prez) Smart Thinking is worth its weight in gold. To claify thoughts and organize oneself logically BEFORE writing - might solve some serious writing tangles. Good thinking - and how to express that runs all the way through the book. Not to be missed! Denise Denise N. Rall, Ph.D. submitted, School of Environ. Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 AUSTRALIA Tuesdays: Room T2.12, +61 (0)2 6620 3577 or Mobile 0438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/rsm/staff/pages/drall/index.html Virtual member, Cybermetrics Group, University of Wolverhampton, UK http://cybermetrics.wlv.ac.uk/index.html
Barry, I am sorry to bother you again. I was wondering whether you could also direct me to the "Lifecycle of Authorhoods" and "Bum Raps: Notes of a Weary Conference Goer" papers, or send them to me directly. Thank you so much for your help! :-) Best, Yosem On 3/4/06, Barry Wellman <wellman@chass.utoronto.ca> wrote:
Some folks have asked me about how to perform clear writing;-) My favorite book is Howard Becker's Writing for Social Scientists. (Howard is a famous qualitative sociologist.) He also has a fine, broader book, Tricks of the Trade.
My shorter guide, "How to Write a Paper" is on the Publications list of my website -- near the bottom. So is my humorous "Lifecycle of Authorhoods" and "Bum Raps: Notes of a Weary Conference Goer" (written pre-AOIR conferences). I gave the "How to Write" stuff yesterday as a 3-hour workshop for Toronto sociology doctoral students, and it seemed to go well.
I am going to turn "How to Write" from its current semi-outline form into a fully-paragraphed guide. I would appreciate any suggestions from list readers about what to keep in, expand -- or leave out.
PS: Thanks to all the MacGwyver fans. You have given me heart. Barry _____________________________________________________________________
Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman
Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 To network is to live; to live is to network _____________________________________________________________________
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