This document provides guidance on writing for professional publication in refereed journals. It discusses reasons for writing, both professional and personal, and how to get started. The author notes that brilliant ideas, luck, and knowing the right people can lead to publication. Different types of articles are discussed, including practical, review, theoretical, and research pieces. Tips are provided on quantitative and qualitative research, writing books, working with editors, dealing with rejection, developing style, and finding motivation even if writing is not lucrative. The overall message is to write about topics of importance to readers, have fun with the process, and be true to yourself.

1. WRITING FOR PROFESSIONAL
PUBLICATION IN NATIONAL
REFEREED JOURNALS
William Allan Kritsonis, Ph.D.
Professor
Ph.D. Program in Educational Leadership
PVAMU/The Texas A&M University System
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2. 1. Professional reasons for writing
for publication.
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3. 2. Personal reasons for writing
for publication.
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4. 3. How real writers behave.
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5. 4. Writer’s write for the following
reasons.
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6. 5. How to get started.
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7. 6. What will “sell” the editor on
your work?
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8. 7. Formula: Brilliant Ideas +
Good Luck + Knowing the
Right People = Publication
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9. 8. On scholarly work.
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10. 9. Reasons to write and publish
journal articles.
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11. 10. Writing and publishing journal
articles enables you to…
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12. 11. Three basic types of articles:
practical – review or theoretical
- research
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13. 12. Quantitative studies.
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14. 13. Qualitative research.
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15. 14.On writing books.
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16. 15.Four phases of book publishing
(Fun – Drudgery – Torture –
Waiting)
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17. 16. Some reasons to write a book.
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18. 17. Where does the dollar go after
a book is published?
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19. 18. What do editors and reviewers
really want?
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20. 19. Earning approval from editors
and reviewers.
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21. 20. What to remember about bad
writing.
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22. 21. How to get fired as a reviewer.
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23. 22. Publish or perish or teach or
impeach.
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24. 23. I’ve been rejected many
times – should I give up?
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25. 24. In writing, how you read is
important.
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26. 25. How teachable is writing?
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27. 26. “I can’t seem to tell how my
writing is going while I am
doing it.” Can you help?
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28. 27. Remember your purpose in
writing.
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29. 28. What differentiates ordinary
writing from writing with
style?
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30. 29. It must get somewhat easier
to write, otherwise, how
would some authors become
so prolific?
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31. 30. If writing for publication
does not prove to be
lucrative, why bother?
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32. 31. Why creative work is
worthwhile.
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33. 32. Show respect for your writing.
It is about what the readers
should know. If this puts a
strain on a professional
relationship, then so be it.
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34. 33. “Why I Write” (Orwell)
Sheer egoism, aesthetic
enthusiasm, historical
impulse, and political
purpose.
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35. 34. What really makes an
academic write?
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36. 35. The Writer’s Essential Tools
– words and the power to
face unpleasant facts.
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37. 36. No human activity can sap
the strength from body and
life from spirit as much as
writing in which one doesn’t
believe.
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38. 37. “Because it was there.”
Edmund Hillary. And with
this comment he supplied
generations with a ready-
made and unanswerable
defense for any new
undertaking even writing.
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39. 38. Why we write.
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40. 39. Climbing your own mountain.
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41. 40. Be yourself. Have fun writing.
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42. Contact Information
Dr. William Allan Kritsonis
Professor
PhD Program in Educational Leadership
Prairie View A&M University
Whitlowe R. Green College of Education – Delco 233
Prairie View, Texas 77446
williamkritsonis@yahoo.com
281-550-5700 Home / 832-483-7889 Cell
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