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A Research Writing Agenda |
| A. | Preparing: the writer's choices | a. | Scope | a. | The writer's commitment to discovery and presentation | | b. | The writer's relationship to the material | | c. | The active inner life of the project | | d. | Choosing the context | | e. | What you can and cannot accomplish |
| | b. | Scale | a. | Choosing the issue | | b. | Representation: the specific for the general | | c. | Getting this project done |
| | c. | Style | a. | Organization; consistency; balance |
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| | B. | Planning: time and space | 1. | Timetable | a. | A research timetable correlated with a QUICK WRITING PROCESS writing timetable: preparing; planning, generating, and producing the writing |
| | 2. | Space | a. | Structure: beginning, middle, end--including a broader perspective. |
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| | C. | Generating: thesis and themes | 1. | Provisional thesis: the direction of your interest | | 2. | Purposeful library browsing | | 3. | Discovering and developing material | | 4. | Periodic review of notes | | 5. | The research journal: emerging themes | | 6. | Analyzing the research journal: theme-families | | 7. | Argument-outline: an index to meaning |
| | D. | Producing: amplifying meaning | 1. | A "treatment" first | | 2. | Drafting the product | a. | Raw draft | | b. | First cuts for coherence and consistency | | c. | The objective listener: when in doubt, talk it out | | d. | Improving the roughly final draft | | e. | Ample, varied, vital language | | f. | Synergism: product and policy |
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