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!
How I Self-Revised My Dissertation, a Video Presentation
Today, I'm proud to share with you a project that's been on my mind for a long time now: a video presentation detailing the steps I took to revise my own dissertation. Sometimes it's difficult to dive right into revisioning and redrafting (the components of revising)...
Happy Independence Day, from Your Academic Editor
Happy Fourth of July, all! If I might make one suggestion, take some time this weekend to ponder how good it would feel to be independent of that writing project you've been meaning to wrap up. I'll do the same. Enjoy the holiday! —Katie P.S. This image is also...
Concentration Tips from Your Media-Saturated Academic Editor: Part Two
Last time, I shared with you a couple of hard-earned, concrete tactics that I deploy in my quest to remain productive, focused, and fulfilled. As a result of those and other habits, I'm mostly successful in reaching my work objectives. I promised that I'd explain the...
Concentration Tips from Your Media-Saturated Academic Editor: Part One
I edit for psychologists, but I'm not one of them. I'm also not a productivity guru. But lately I've realized that I do have my own tricks for staying on task and getting things done. Let me address the big picture. I'm pretty in touch with the fact that I have a life...
Style Sheets for Academic Writers
Tweed provides a style sheet with every completed editing job. The writer can use the style sheet as a guide to the edits I've made and as a crib sheet for cleaning up future documents even before they're edited. But What is a Style Sheet? A style sheet is a record of...
Alternative Dissertation Binding: Blurb
UPDATE: Blurb has created a Microsoft Word add-in that's designed to make this process much easier. It's only for Windows environments right now, so I (a Mac user) haven't tried it. But it looks very promising. About one year after first Blurbing, I'm realizing how...