Tweed Resources
Scroll down for original resources in three categories:
TOOLS & PRINTABLES: Compendium of Academic Verbs, Critique Me cover-page template, Writer-at-Work door tag
DISSERTATION-TO-BOOK GUIDES: Step-by-step guides to revising a dissertation into a book manuscript (new editions coming soon!)
WRITING PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION: Computer wallpaper and printable posters to motivate writers
Tools & Printables
Working-from-Home Door Tags
PDFs available in color and mono. To reinforce, print on card stock—or mount on a manila folder!
Tweed’s Ever-Expanding Compendium of Academic Verbs
PDF of 250 verbs useful for discussing scholarship (state, advocate, problematize, elucidate, etc.)
Critique Me
A customizable form to use as a cover sheet when sending drafts to friends and colleagues for feedback
Scholarly Resolution Form
Fill in this certificate to solidify your scholarly resolutions. Any time of year is a great time to think about the reasons for a goal, break it down into steps, decide on resources to consult, and commit to rewarding yourself for achieving it.
Writer-at-Work Door Tag Template
PDF, 3 to a page (give extras to friends and colleagues)
Tweed establishes the Writing Progress Administration to put writers back to work! Initiatives include recasting writing as public work, skill-building, and professional training. Authors are the backbone of a critical and informed society and therefore deserve relief—even if it takes the form of computer wallpapers and printable posters.
Below is a smattering of the WPA’s pro-writer propaganda; visit the blog for all WPA productions.
And don’t forget about the Tweed blog!
Writer-at-Work Doortags
Now in the TWEED Library: Writer-at-Work doortag templates (PDF). Print them off in sets of three per page. Put one on every door behind which you happen to work, or keep one and give the rest to other committed writers in your life. You can never broadcast too loud...
Shhhhh: Silently Altering Quoted Material
Sometimes quotes just don't want to fit within the structure of our sentences. Unless you are in a legal field, some sciences, or writing for a UK publisher, you can silently tame quoted material in a number of permissible ways. This means that you don't have to flag...
Parenthe-seize the Divided List!
When we write a list within a sentence, we often want to make the structure absolutely clear by numbering or lettering the items in the series. For students and junior scholars, the divided list is even more important, as it is the well-known writers who can assume...
TWEED Does Documentation
You already know how important documentation is for academic writing. You want to give credit where credit is due, leave breadcrumbs for readers interested in following up on sources you used, and simply produce professional-looking writing. All of these aims are...
TWEED Dissertation-to-Book Guide No. 4: The Curious Beasts That Are Scholarly Presses & Acquisitions Editors
New TWEED Dissertation-to-Book Guide! We’re really getting down to the side of things that you’re most curious about: connecting with publishers and seeing your project in print. Last time, I discussed in detail the process of revising a dissertation for publication...
TWEED Dissertation-to-Book Guide No. 3: Revising Your Manuscript
It's here! Again, for the First Time: Revising Your Dissertation is the third installment in TWEED's Dissertation-to-Book series of guides. The longest guide yet, this issue tackles five stages of revising your dissertation for publication: Crafting a concept...