Getting the Idea and Putting it on PaperFall 2010

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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 radioResearchListen to others

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Read a lot!

StrategiesResearch Quarterly for Exercise and SportJOPERDJournal of Athletic TrainingJournal of Sport ManagementAthletic BusinessMedicine and Science in Sport and Exercise

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Forms of writing

Challenge an article, philosophy, or practical experienceShare information from your experienceClarify knowledge from subdisciplinesIdentify areas lacking informationOffer a new or different point of viewNew approaches to old topics

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What are some ideas you have for writing?

CreativeCreativeProfessionalProfessional

CriticalCritical

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Prewriting

Identify the issuesResearchAnalyze the problemOrganize the analysis

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Putting it on Paper

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Brain Lateralization

Left Brain

SequentialVerbalAnalyticalRationalTime centeredAggressiveObjectiveDetailedLinguisticDetects features

Right Brain

SimultaneousVisualIntuitiveTimelessYieldingSubjectiveGestaltMusical

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Creative Process

BrainstormLet the words flowDon’t worry how it looks (YET!)Don’t worry about chronology (YET!)

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Writing is a process

Get an idea Collect information Formulate hypotheses

Test hypotheses Analyze new information Interpret

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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

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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

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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.

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Select the Audience

Understand your audience organizationally, technically, and personally

Is the audience made up of:– Superiors;– Peers;– Subordinates.

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Message

Establish a common ground between you and the audience so that the audience will understand and be able to hear the message.

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Goal Audience Message

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Be organized

FormatDeadlinesTech supportDevelop a calendar or flowchart

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Outline Draft Draft Again

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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?

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3 Questions

What did I mean?What did I say?Did I say what I meant?

Sentence

Paragraph

Paper