Overview
The Writer's Workbook gives you the skills you need to succeed in today's health care publishing marketplace. In nine easy lessons, the author addresses how to get started, what types of manuscripts publishers look for, and reasons for manuscript rejection. This is a must read for deans, directors, nurse educators, graduate students, and practitioners with publishing aspirations.
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1. The Right Idea and What Comes Next
2. Collecting Your Data
3. How to Develop Your Article
4. The Dynamic Duo: Organizing and Outlining
5. That Query Letter: What's It All About?
6. The Catchy Lead to Logical Conclusion
7. The Moment of Truth: Your First Draft
8. How to Be Your Own Editor
9. Behind the Editor's Desk
10. Ethics in Journalism: What Health Professionals Need to Know
11. Publishing on the Internet
Selected Bibliography on Professional Writing
Answers to Self-Test Questions
Your Assignments: What You Need to Know
Do's and Don'ts of Modern Usage
Common Proofreader's Marks
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Shirley H. Fondiller, EdD, RN, FAAN
National League for Nursing (NLN)
The National League for Nursing, founded in 1893, was the first organization for nursing in the United States and remains today the authority on nursing education.
Additional Titles by this Author
ISBN-13: 9780763762711
ISBN-13: 9780763762704
ISBN-13: 9780763718077
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- "This is a self-help, practical approach to publishing that would be particularly useful for clinicians who want to publish or for teaching students how to improve writing skills."
--Gayle M. Timmerman, PhD, RN
University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing
Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal, Vol. 5, #4, Winter 1999
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