Interlude: Transitioning from “Working on” Your Book to “Working in” Your Book

Chapters in this book

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