How to Write for a General Audience: A Guide for Academics Who Want to Share Their Knowledge with the World and Have Fun Doing It PDF

Rating: (5 reviews) Author: Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett ISBN : 9780979212536 New from $9.46 Format: PDF

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In this book, Kathleen A Kendall-Tackett, a seasoned psychologist with a successful academics how to communicate thier ideas effectively to a wider audience, With humor and personal anecdotes, she provides practical information on coming up with ideas for articles and books, beating procrastination, writing effective, jargon-free prose. In this book, they'll find helpful tips on locating a publisher, pitching an idea, working with editors, negotiating an book contract, and promoting one's finished product.

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• Series: APA Lifetools
• Paperback: 286 pages
• Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA); 1 edition (January 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0979212537
• ISBN-13: 978-0979212536
• Product Dimensions: 0.7 x 5 x 7.8 inches
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How to Write for a General Audience: A Guide for Academics Who Want to Share Their Knowledge with the World and Have Fun Doing It PDF

This is a fine book: it's crisp, witty, and practical. Academic writing is timid, boring, and wordy, so academics wishing to write for a general audience (also known as "normal people") need a lot of help. Kathleen Kendall-Tackett's book will help professors translate their gnarled text into lively, normal English.

I bought this book out of idle curiosity---its title resembles my book How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing, also from APA Books---but I got a lot out of it. Although aimed at academics, Kendall-Tackett's book would be useful to anyone who wants to publish work for a popular audience. Academics struggling to write the typical fare of journal articles and grant proposals will benefit from this book, too.

By Paul Silvia

Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett is a health psychologist who has authored more than 130 articles or chapters. She has also authored or edited 15 books and serves on the editorial boards of 'Child Abuse & Neglect; 'the 'Journal of Child Sexual Abuse'; and the 'Journal of Human Lactation'. She draws upon her many years of experience and expertise in "How To Write For A General Audience: A Guide For Academics Who Want to Share Their Knowledge With The World And Have Fun Doing It". This superbly written instructional guide and reference is embedded with Kathleen's keen sense of humor and illustrative personal anecdotes, along with practical information on how academics in any of the sciences or disciplines can communicate their own expertise in articles or books with effective, jargon-free prose. "How To Write For A General Audience" covers such practical considerations as obtaining a publisher, pitching ideas, negotiation writing contracts, dealing with editors, and post-publication promotion. An ideal and thoroughly user friendly 'how to' instructional guide for academics and scientists aspiring to write and publish both within their fields and for the general public, "How To Write For A General Audience" is confidently recommended for personal, professional, academic, and community library Writing & Publishing reference collections.

By Midwest Book Review