There's more to publishing a journal article--or any other content you want to unleash on the world--than writing some words, accepting all spell check corrections, and running your favorite AI-powered grammar checker. From conception to preservation on a virtual shelf, your journal article should go through at least five stages of editing--most stages more than … Continue reading Edit Your Copy
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Chekhov’s Gun
Applied throughout literature, Chekhov's gun states that if you describe a loaded gun, that gun better go off later in the novel. If the gun is never fired, you are unnecessarily distracting the reader. So, edit the gun out. It does not advance the story. Same idea applies to movies. And journal articles. But academics … Continue reading Chekhov’s Gun
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