Scholarly Writing Goals
To prepare for this Discussion:
- Review your Self-Assessment from the Week 1 Discussion and consider how your goals might be tailored to further develop your scholarly writing.
- Review the SMART Goals website in the Learning Resources.
- Develop at least three SMART goals to help advance your scholarly writing. Use the SMART Goals Template from the website to ensure your goals are realistic.
- Determine which Learning Resources might be appropriate to help you continue to improve your scholarly writing.
By Day 3
Post your three S.M.A.R.T. goals, and explain how these goals will help you move forward in your scholarly writing. Explain the barriers you might encounter that may hinder accomplishing your goals. Also, explain how you might address these barriers to completing your goals.
Learning Resources
Required Readings
Walden University Writing Center. (2015i). Walden templates: General templates: APA course paper template (6th ed.). Retrieved from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/te…
Laureate Education. (2015). [Infographic]. Reflecting on your Writing, Baltimore, MD: Author.
Walden University Academic Skills Center. (2017). SMART goals. Retrieved from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/ASCsuccess/smart…
As you review this website, focus on how you might develop your own goals that are S.M.A.R.T. (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely).
Skarbakka, K. (2015, January 26). Self-reflection: Getting to know all about you(r writing) [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://waldenwritingcenter.blogspot.com/2015/01/re…
Optional Resources
Walden University Writing Center. (2015c). Doctoral capstone writing: Capstone writing community. Retrieved from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/ca… (A)
As you review this website, focus on how you might use the Capstone Writing Community as you move forward in your dissertation or doctoral study.
Walden University Capstone Experience. (n.d.). Capstone intensives home. Retrieved from http://capstoneexperience.waldenu.edu/
As you review this webpage, focus on how a capstone intensive might benefit the completion of your dissertation/doctoral study.
Walden University Writing Center. (2015k). Webinars: Overview & calendar. Retrieved from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/we… (A)
The following doctoral writing workshops are other workshops available to you to support you in your efforts in completing your dissertation/doctoral project study:
- Doctoral Writing Workshop: Revising and Editing the Proposal
- Doctoral Writing Workshop: Revising and Editing the Introduction
- Doctoral Writing Workshop: Revising and Editing the Literature Review
- Doctoral Writing Workshop: Revising and Editing the Methodology Section
Answer preview
Scholarly writing skills are essential in today’s world. The key features that are considered in good scholarly writing are accurate grammar, well-structured sentences, a logical manner of presenting the content, originality and a non-judgmental commentary. When such aspects are not considered, then, the results are poor quality content. My main objective is to set SMART goals that would help me to improve my writing skills in order to achieve the best outcomes on my scholarly writing (Walden University Academic Skills Center, 2017)…
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