Description:
"Harry Wolcott's book is one of those little must-have, must-read gems. The voice
of experience is unmistakable. It's great fun to read, and chock full of helpful,
how-to-do-it advice."
-H. Russell Bernard, University of Florida and author of Social Research
Methods
How do you select what to write up from all the qualitative data you've collected? How
can you best tell the story of your study? Wolcott has thoroughly revised the book that
has provided a solution to this conundrum as well as inspired thousands of readers with
their writing. Using lively examples from his and other researchers' experiences,
friendly, practical tips, and a warm, reflective writing style, Wolcott offers readers
suggestions for when and where to begin, how to keep the momentum going once writing is
underway, suggestions for tightening things up, alternatives for handling questions of
theory and method, how to proceed with the mechanics of preparing a manuscript from the
table of contents to the index, and how to get published. Designed in a new format to make
it easier to locate and review key ideas, this second edition has been completely updated
and includes new features, such as: Chapter 4 on Linking Up: Provides readers with
thoughtful guidelines as to how and where to use theory, what needs to be said about
method, some thoughts about the "traditional" literature review (as well as how
to decide whether or not to include this material!) Applications: Give readers the
opportunity to put into practice some of Wolcott's tips to improve or jump-start their own
writing Bulleted Reviews: Highlight the key points to remember from each chapter Read the
book that will not only enable you to better tell the story of your research in the
article, monograph, or dissertation you need to write but also help you to incorporate
writing into the essential role it must play in a professional research career.
Table of Contents:
208 pages Paperback