Why I Rewrite

Mario L. Small

doi:10.6092/issn.1971-8853/14709

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Mario L. Small Department of Sociology, Columbia University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0601-1045

Mario L. Small is Quetelet Professor of Social Science at Columbia University, a University of Bremen Excellence Chair, and an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, and the Sociological Research Association. He has written award-winning publications on networks and decision-making, urban inequality, and the relation between qualitative and quantitative methods. His latest book, Someone To Talk To: How Networks Matter in Practice (Oxford University Press, 2017; James Coleman Best Book Award), examines how people decide whom in their network to turn to when seeking a confidant.

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https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1971-8853/14709

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Revision, Rewriting, Dissertation, Method, Networks

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Revision is essential to social science. I argue that revision serves multiple purposes, each essential in a different way. I discuss five critical junctures over the course of my career during which each of the purposes became clear.

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Small, M.L. (2017). Someone to Talk to. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Strunk, Jr.W. & White, E.B. (1999). The Elements of Style (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Williams, J. (1981). Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman.

Zinsser, W. (2006). On Writing Well (7th ed.). New York, NY: Harper Collins.

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