Many scholars are educated as writers at the School of Hard Knocks, but it’s not the only school, or even the best. Much is known about how to become more prolific–and any scholar can. Even when you can’t work harder, there are important ways to work smarter. Previous participants who took these steps increased productivity by a factor of four.

Participants bring a rough draft of their own writing and learn a technique for getting meaningful feedback from others. Writing teams are established so that writers can give and receive ongoing feedback. Every scholar can become more prolific and these steps will show you how.

Manage Time

Write

Revise

Get Help

Polish and Publish

What Participants Say

“I have adopted the 15 minute model along with other suggestions from Tara Gray. It has been about two weeks and I have hammered out a publication for submission and started the next one.”
• University of Texas-El Paso
“I decided to try these steps on a paper I had been trying to put together for five years. Four weeks later, the paper is out for review.”
• New Mexico State University
“You ignited a passion and a fire under me. Ever since your workshop, I have been working furiously.”
• Texas Woman’s University
“The best workshop I have attended in 24 years of university teaching. It will result in measurable and real-world change.”
• Texas Woman’s University
“Your openness about your own struggles as a writer and how you solicit and use response is absolutely inspiring.”
• New Mexico State University
“In all honesty, you probably have provided me with all the tools I need to get tenure and even a full professorship.”
• University of Georgia

Workshop Formats

The workshop can be presented in 2, 3, 4, 5, or 9 hours.

The workshop is based on a book, Publish and Flourish, and on published articles, including one published in To Improve the Academy 2000 (19:268–284).

The workshop helps scholars flourish.

The writing teams help build a community of scholars.

Who Should Participate

Any scholar who wants to become more prolific.

Location

The workshop will be conducted at your institution and tailored to your specific needs.

Co-Sponsor

Text and Academic Authors (TAA) will, as funds allow, co-sponsor this workshop at any educational institution. As a co-sponsor, TAA pays the presenter’s full travel expenses.

TAA co-sponsors these workshops as a service to educational institutions and to encourage scholarship, including the authoring of texts. TAA is a non-profit professional organization that is devoted exclusively to serving textbook and academic authors. For more information, see www.taaonline.net.