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This last posting includes a list of resources for academic writers; some of those listed below are especially helpful for graduate students.

This last posting also includes an invitation for your continued participation with other BreakWriters. If you have a writing strategy, tip, or resource recommendation you want to share with other graduate students, please send them to ja2310@columbia.edu. We’ll post these here at as we receive them. (Please indicate if you wish to be identified as the source of the information you share; if you do, please specify how you want to be credited: name, department/program, and/or year in program.)

The thesis/dissertation

Brause, R. (2000). Writing your doctoral dissertation: Invisible rules for success. New York: RoutledgeFalmer.

Davis, G., & Parker, C. (1997). Writing the doctoral dissertation: A systematic approach. Hauppauge, NY: Barron’s Educational Series, Inc.

Germano, W. (2005). From dissertation to book. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Harmon, E., Montagnes, I., McMenemy, S., & Bucci, C. (Eds.). (2003). The thesis and the book: A guide for first-time academic authors. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Kamler, B., & Thomson, P. (2006). Helping doctoral students write: Pedagogies for supervision. New York: Routledge.

Luey, B. (Ed.). (2008). Revising your dissertation: Advice from leading editors (2^nd ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press

Ogden, E. (2007). Complete your dissertation or thesis in two semesters or less. Lanham, MD: Rowan & Littlefield Publishers.

Swales, J., & Feak, C. (2004). Academic writing for graduate students: Essential tasks and skills (2^nd ed.). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Journal publication

Fischer, B., & Zigmond, M. (2004). Twenty steps to writing a research article. http://www.survival.pitt.edu/library/documents/20StepstoWritingAResearchArticle.pdf

Grammar and Style

Strunk, W., & White, E.B. (2000). The elements of style. New York: Longman.

Sides, C. (1991). How to write and present technical information. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Walsh, B. (2000). Lapsing into a comma: A curmudgeon’s guide to the many things that can go wrong in print – and how to avoid them. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Writing Strategies and Advice

Allen, J. (2008) The new faculty and graduate mentor. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishers (chapter 10).

Becker, H. (1986). Writing for social scientists: How to start and finish your thesis, book, or article. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Booth, W., Colomb, G., & Williams, J. (2003). The craft of research (2^nd ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Kendall-Tackett. (2007). 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. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Silva, P. (2007). How to write a lot. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

On Writing

Kellogg, R. (1994). The psychology of writing. New York: Oxford University Press.

King, S. (2000). On writing. New York: Pocket Books.

Lamott, A. (1994). Bird by bird: Some instructions on writing and life. New York: Anchor Books.

Prose, F. (2006). Reading like a writer: A guide for people who love books and for those who want to write them. New York: Harper Collins.

Zinsser, W. (1988). Writing to learn. New York: Harper Collins.

Zinsser, W. (2006). On writing well (7^th ed.). New York: Harper Collins.