Particular papers will beg particular kinds of questions and background work. That’s what the individual comments and questions posts are for.
We discussed more general questions which might include:
– who/what made you do this ‘creative’ writing?
– the research->publication->responses story
– relations between different versions/performances of papers
– speaking versus writing versus other voices
– involvement of referees, editors, copy editors in getting it right in terms of content, style and layout
– breakthrough papers (if this isn’t the one that kicked things off the more creative writing for authors).
– opportunities for experimentation: book (chapters) vs journal articles?
We agreed that quizzer prep might therefore involve asking authors for:
– copies of referees’ reports for the paper under discussion;
– drafts (submitted, revised), proofs and corrections (if poss)
– conference paper and other versions (to appreciate papers as performed in person and in print).
If authors can’t find them or would prefer to talk about them themselves, this will of course be fine. If quizzers are uncomfortable asking for this stuff, that’s fine too.
Quizzers’ emphasis should be on asking basic (then some knowledgeable) questions of their paper/film, *not* preparing a 30 minute lit review / discussant epic! You don’t have to get through all of your questions, just get the conversation going and maybe know a bit more than the rest of us to throw in when the time is right.
This is *not* a reading group. We’re trying to find things out about the lives of these papers (and papers like them), things that aren’t immediately apparent. Asking, listening, sharing and learning. Aaaaah! Errrr? Ugh…
I’ve added links (where possible) on the organisation page from quizzer names to their webpages. This is to enable authors to find a bit about their quizzers. This is a good idea in principle, I think. But some of you have more information than others to go on. Let me know what you think about this. If you would like a link to another homepage, please let me have it. If you want to maintain an air of mystery, I’m happy to delete links or never set them up.
Some ideas from the meeting today.
Particular papers will beg particular kinds of questions and background work. That’s what the individual comments and questions posts are for.
We discussed more general questions which might include:
– who/what made you do this ‘creative’ writing?
– the research->publication->responses story
– relations between different versions/performances of papers
– speaking versus writing versus other voices
– involvement of referees, editors, copy editors in getting it right in terms of content, style and layout
– breakthrough papers (if this isn’t the one that kicked things off the more creative writing for authors).
– opportunities for experimentation: book (chapters) vs journal articles?
We agreed that quizzer prep might therefore involve asking authors for:
– copies of referees’ reports for the paper under discussion;
– drafts (submitted, revised), proofs and corrections (if poss)
– conference paper and other versions (to appreciate papers as performed in person and in print).
If authors can’t find them or would prefer to talk about them themselves, this will of course be fine. If quizzers are uncomfortable asking for this stuff, that’s fine too.
Quizzers’ emphasis should be on asking basic (then some knowledgeable) questions of their paper/film, *not* preparing a 30 minute lit review / discussant epic! You don’t have to get through all of your questions, just get the conversation going and maybe know a bit more than the rest of us to throw in when the time is right.
This is *not* a reading group. We’re trying to find things out about the lives of these papers (and papers like them), things that aren’t immediately apparent. Asking, listening, sharing and learning. Aaaaah! Errrr? Ugh…
I’ve added links (where possible) on the organisation page from quizzer names to their webpages. This is to enable authors to find a bit about their quizzers. This is a good idea in principle, I think. But some of you have more information than others to go on. Let me know what you think about this. If you would like a link to another homepage, please let me have it. If you want to maintain an air of mystery, I’m happy to delete links or never set them up.