Writing Professionally & Publishing
Learn tools to ease the process of professional writing and writing to publish, from well-being as an academic writer and getting and responding to feedback, to the ins-and-outs of the publishing and funding processes.
New content will be added to this page regularly so please check back often!
Learn More about CSU Writes grant-writing workshops and resources
More Resources on Writing Professionally & Publishing:
Recommended reading list:
Science Writing
- Whitesides, George M. “Whitesides’ Group: Writing a Paper.” Advanced Materials. 2004.
Writing Advice Guides
CSU Writes has a nascent but burgeoning library of helpful books on writing methods and strategies for your reading pleasure. Please get in touch with Kristina Quynn at [email protected] to access materials. The CSU Writes library includes the following books:
- Becker, Howard. Writing for the Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article
- Belcher, Wendy. Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks: a Guide to Academic Publishing Success
- Boice, Robert. Professors as Writers
- Bolker, Joan. Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis
- Bridges, Judy. Shut Up and Write!
- Goldberg, Natalie. Writing Down the Bones
- Goodson, Patricia. Becoming an Academic Writer: 50 Exercises for Paced, Productive, and Powerful Writing
- Gray, Tara. Publish and Flourish: Become a Prolific Scholar
- Lodge, David. The Practice of Writing
- Lamott, Anne. Bird By Bird: Some Instructions on Writing
- Luey, Beth. Handbook for Academic Authors—5th edition
- Shimel, Joshua. Writing Science: How to Write Papers that Get Cited and Proposals that Get Funded
- Sholapurkar, Amar. Publish and Flourish: A Practical Guide for Effective Scientific Writing
- Silva, Paul. How to Write A Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing
- Write It Up!: Practical Strategies for Writing and Publishing Journal Articles
- Sternberg, David. How to Complete and Survive a Doctoral Dissertation
- Sword, Helen. Stylish Academic Writing
- Wolfe, Joanna. Team Writing: A Guide to Working in Groups
- Zerubavel, Evaiatar. The Clockwork Muse: a Practical Guide to Writing Theses, Dissertations, and Books
- Zinsser, William. On Writing Well