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- 1. Seven Habits of
Highly Effective Authors
Jason Bennett Thatcher
Milton F. Stauffer Professor
Department of Management Information Systems
- 8. A good story is interesting
A good story is engaging
A good story gets better each time it is told
- 15. Business research lags industry
Academic papers are three years behind
The next hot topic is in the Economist,
Forbes, or another outlet
- 18. Ideas are not born in isolation
Run ideas by your friends and mentors
Accept critical feedback
- 31. When are you most productive?
Protect that time
Write at least a page a day
- 33. Reading is not writing
Crafting a storyboard is not writing
Reviewing is not writing
Email is not writing (usually)
Social media is not writing
- 38. We are not all able to do all things
Learn what you are good at
Outsource what you are not good at
- 39. Things that I outsource
Copyediting
Putting surveys online
Data analysis
- 40. Things that I insource
Motivation
Storyboard
Idea generation
Wordsmithing
- 42. Things that I have not mentioned:
Multi-tasking
Vacation
Firing co-authors
Author order
- 46. You will be a good writer, when you
tell good stories, form habits, and find
balance, and …