Chapter 6: Assessing Your Chapters on Their Own Terms

Katelyn E. Knox; Allison Van Deventer

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Katelyn E. Knox and Allison Van Deventer

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Knox, Katelyn E. and Van Deventer, Allison. "Chapter 6: Assessing Your Chapters on Their Own Terms". The Dissertation-to-Book Workbook: Exercises for Developing and Revising Your Book Manuscript, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2023, pp. 65-82. https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226828855-007

Knox, K. & Van Deventer, A. (2023). Chapter 6: Assessing Your Chapters on Their Own Terms. In The Dissertation-to-Book Workbook: Exercises for Developing and Revising Your Book Manuscript (pp. 65-82). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226828855-007

Knox, K. and Van Deventer, A. 2023. Chapter 6: Assessing Your Chapters on Their Own Terms. The Dissertation-to-Book Workbook: Exercises for Developing and Revising Your Book Manuscript. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 65-82. https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226828855-007

Knox, Katelyn E. and Van Deventer, Allison. "Chapter 6: Assessing Your Chapters on Their Own Terms" In The Dissertation-to-Book Workbook: Exercises for Developing and Revising Your Book Manuscript, 65-82. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2023. https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226828855-007

Knox K, Van Deventer A. Chapter 6: Assessing Your Chapters on Their Own Terms. In: The Dissertation-to-Book Workbook: Exercises for Developing and Revising Your Book Manuscript. Chicago: University of Chicago Press; 2023. p.65-82. https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226828855-007

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Frontmatter i
Contents v
Introduction: The What, Why, and How of This Workbook 1
Chapter 1: Considering Your Book on Its Own Terms 9
Chapter 2: Reviewing Your Book’s Organizing Principle 22
Chapter 3: Drafting Your First Book Question 32
Chapter 4: Drafting Your Remaining Book Questions 46
Chapter 5: Revising Your Book Questions 56
Chapter 6: Assessing Your Chapters on Their Own Terms 65
Chapter 7: Checking Your Chapters for Parallelism 83
Chapter 8: Crafting Your Book’s Narrative Arc 98
Chapter 9: Producing Your Chapter Answers 110
Chapter 10: Revising Your Chapter Answers as a Group and Refining Your Book Questions 127
Chapter 11: Reviewing Your Book’s Changes and Tying Up Loose Ends 141
Chapter 12: Assembling Your Book Argument 154
Chapter 13: Assembling Your Two-Page Book Narrative 163
Interlude: Transitioning from “Working on” Your Book to “Working in” Your Book 167
Chapter 14: Assembling a Chapter Collage 170
Chapter 15: Reverse Outlining Your Chapter Collage 178
Chapter 16: Citing with Confidence 190
Final Words 199
Acknowledgments 201
Appendixes 205
Notes 217
Bibliography 219
Index 221

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents v
Introduction: The What, Why, and How of This Workbook 1
Chapter 1: Considering Your Book on Its Own Terms 9
Chapter 2: Reviewing Your Book’s Organizing Principle 22
Chapter 3: Drafting Your First Book Question 32
Chapter 4: Drafting Your Remaining Book Questions 46
Chapter 5: Revising Your Book Questions 56
Chapter 6: Assessing Your Chapters on Their Own Terms 65
Chapter 7: Checking Your Chapters for Parallelism 83
Chapter 8: Crafting Your Book’s Narrative Arc 98
Chapter 9: Producing Your Chapter Answers 110
Chapter 10: Revising Your Chapter Answers as a Group and Refining Your Book Questions 127
Chapter 11: Reviewing Your Book’s Changes and Tying Up Loose Ends 141
Chapter 12: Assembling Your Book Argument 154
Chapter 13: Assembling Your Two-Page Book Narrative 163
Interlude: Transitioning from “Working on” Your Book to “Working in” Your Book 167
Chapter 14: Assembling a Chapter Collage 170
Chapter 15: Reverse Outlining Your Chapter Collage 178
Chapter 16: Citing with Confidence 190
Final Words 199
Acknowledgments 201
Appendixes 205
Notes 217
Bibliography 219
Index 221

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