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Getting the Idea and Putting it on Paper. Fall 2010. Think of everything you do . What do you know? What do you read? What potential is there for writing? Examine course outlines, textbooks, notes from class, listen to your professors. Obtain ideas from television or radio Research
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Getting the Idea and Putting it on Paper Fall 2010
Think of everything you do • What do you know? • What do you read? • What potential is there for writing? • Examine course outlines, textbooks, notes from class, listen to your professors. • Obtain ideas from television or radio • Research • Listen to others
Read a lot! • Strategies • Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport • JOPERD • Journal of Athletic Training • Journal of Sport Management • Athletic Business • Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise
Challenge an article, philosophy, or practical experience Share information from your experience Clarify knowledge from subdisciplines Identify areas lacking information Offer a new or different point of view New approaches to old topics Forms of writing
What are some ideas you have for writing? CreativeProfessionalCritical
Prewriting • Identify the issues • Research • Analyze the problem • Organize the analysis
Brain Lateralization • Left Brain • Sequential • Verbal • Analytical • Rational • Time centered • Aggressive • Objective • Detailed • Linguistic • Detects features • Right Brain • Simultaneous • Visual • Intuitive • Timeless • Yielding • Subjective • Gestalt • Musical
Creative Process • Brainstorm • Let the words flow • Don’t worry how it looks (YET!) • Don’t worry about chronology (YET!)
Writing is a process Get an idea Collect information Formulate hypotheses Test hypotheses Analyze new information Interpret
Writing is a two way process • Writing is a 2-way process between the writer and the reader. • Writing is a series of well defined and practical steps
Define the goal • Ask yourself • What exactly do I want to do? • Set the record straight • Provide information • Be critical • Test an idea • Be persuasive
Clarity about the goal will lead to better development of the paper • Don’t try to attempt too many goals simultaneously. You may have more than one paper. • Eliminate ambiguities – think about what you trying to say.
Select the Audience • Understand your audience organizationally, technically, and personally • Is the audience made up of: • Superiors; • Peers; • Subordinates.
Message • Establish a common ground between you and the audience so that the audience will understand and be able to hear the message.
Goal Audience Message
Be organized • Format • Deadlines • Tech support • Develop a calendar or flowchart
Outline Draft Draft Again
Revisions • Does the draft make an effective connection between the goal and the audience? • Is your draft well organized? • Are its various parts sufficiently developed? • Does it hang together?
3 Questions • What did I mean? • What did I say? • Did I say what I meant? Sentence Paragraph Paper