Writing Archaeology, Second Edition: Telling Stories About the Past

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ISBN: 9781598746099 | 159874609X
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Copyright: 10/31/2010

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New edition of the practical guide to writing for archaeologists, penned by Americas best known archaeological writer. It contains new material on academic writing and working in the digital environment.

Preface	p. 9
Come, Let Me Tell You a Tale	p. 13
Storytelling	p. 15
Approaching a Story	p. 17
Constructing a Story from Nothing	p. 22
The Hard Slog	p. 24
How Do I Learn How to Write?	p. 25
Articles and Columns	p. 29
The Outlets	p. 29
Op-Ed Articles	p. 31
Submitting to Major Magazines	p. 32
Proposing a Story	p. 35
If Your Idea Is Accepted	p. 36
Writing the Article	p. 38
Above All, Meet the Deadline	p. 42
After Acceptance	p. 43
Columns	p. 44
Encyclopedia Articles	p. 44
Genesis	p. 47
Trade Books	p. 48
How the Trade Market Works	p. 49
Having the Idea	p. 53
The Passionate Narrative	p. 58
That All-Important Book Proposal	p. 63
How Publishers Make Decisions	p. 65
The Elements of a Proposal	p. 66
The Narrative	p. 68
The Provisional Outline (or Table of Contents)	p. 72
Chapters, Editors, and Agents	p. 77
Specimen Chapters	p. 77
Finally...Read Through Everything	p. 80
That All-Important Person-the Editor	p. 80
To Agent or Not to Agent	p. 83
Contracts	p. 86
Writing the First Draft	p. 89
Writing as a Habit	p. 89
Work Space	p. 91
Getting Started	p. 93
Procrastination and Writer's Block	p. 94
Research	p. 97
Outlines	p. 99
Narrative Techniques	p. 101
Revision, Revision	p. 107
Revision Strategies	p. 109
Tackling the First Draft	p. 111
The Second Revision	p. 113
Get Others to Read It	p. 117
The Final Draft	p. 117
A Word on Prefaces	p. 118
Submission	p. 119
And Now What Happens?	p. 120
The Final Manuscript	p. 121
Production and Beyond	p. 125
Production and Production Editors	p. 125
Copyedit	p. 127
Illustrations	p. 130
The Cover	p. 134
Proofs	p. 134
Index	p. 135
Publication	p. 135
Marketing and Promotion	p. 136
Textbooks	p. 141
How Textbooks Are Sold	p. 143
Something on Coauthors	p. 145
The Process of Textbook Writing	p. 146
Review and Final Change	p. 155
Production	p. 156
Revised Editions	p. 157
Now That You've Finished Your Dissertation	p. 161
The Realities of Your Dissertation	p. 162
On Mentors	p. 164
Now on to Writing	p. 165
Academic Writing	p. 171
Academic Articles	p. 171
The Anatomy of an Academic Paper	p. 175
Academic Books	p. 184
And Now We Go Digital	p. 187
Away from the Linear Narrative	p. 188
Writing in the Digital World	p. 191
Most of This Lies in the Future	p. 192
Some Digital Formats	p. 194
E-Books, Not Just Kindles	p. 198
Conclusion	p. 203
Resources for Writers	p. 205
References	p. 213
About the Author	p. 216
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Writing Archaeology, Second Edition: Telling Stories About the Past

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