Over 15 years ago, Robert Nash (2011) developed a new academic writing style called Scholarly Personal Narrative (SPN). For the first time in academics the unacceptable use of the ‘subjective I [me]’was acceptable in scholarly writing. Before SPN only the ‘objective they [we]’ was appropriate for research because scholars believed that only experts could support an agreeable or disagreeable topic. Nash (2011) wanted SPN to become, “a respectable research genre in higher education, particularly in the professional schools” (p. 4), so he wrote his first book, Liberating Scholarly Writing: The Power of Personal Narrative (2004). What follows is my personal evaluation of Nash’s second book, Me Search and Research: A guide for Writing Scholarly
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For some, this project is called a dissertation or even a thesis. My program refers to it as a capstone project. Regardless of what it is called, its purpose is always the same. To answer the question, what did you learn and how will you apply it? Thankfully, I have written papers answering this question at the end of each course; just not 50-75 pages. As I read Nash and Bradley’s (2011) how to manual for writing a manuscript, I can’t help but consider my capstone project. I have decided for my capstone to write a manuscript explaining a new style of life coaching that I have developed called Theatresque Psychology Coaching (TPC). TPC is a coaching style that pairs psychology and drama therapy techniques as they relate to life coaching. According to Nash and Bradley (2011), the pre-search stage is “a term that we use to define the internal and external actions of an SPN writer before even one word is put on the page” (PG. 36). Personally, I feel this is the most crucial and difficult part of the journey as I see the term PRE standing for preparation. Preparation for my manuscript was advised by Nash and Bradley …show more content…
First my alarm wakes me up at 7am and of course I hit the snooze button for 10 minutes. At 7:10am I’m up and in the bathroom, brushing my teeth and hair. Then it is time for breakfast, which I prefer to eat while I’m catching up on one of my recorded TV shows. After that I rinse my dishes, as Nash (2011) refers to, I get my “butt in the chair” (p. 39). Comfortability first begins with what I choose to wear. My nieces always give me a hard time because I’m in my pajamas all day; clean and not slept in. Often I get cold as my hands type below my heart, so I prefer to have something warm to drink; usually green tea. Lastly, to stay comfortable I keep my family’s pictures and drawings from nieces and nephews close. Without the support of my friends and family, especially my nieces, Joie and Riley I would not stay focused. With all goals, there is an end and to keep that end in mind is motivation to persevere. I am a believer in God and there is a scripture I have held true to my heart throughout this year. “ Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it.” (1 Corinthians 9:23-25, English Standard Version) Ever since Fall 2014 I have been running the race for my Masters. Now, with advice and information from Nash and Bradley (2011) in Fall 2015 I will obtain
For some, this project is called a dissertation or even a thesis. My program refers to it as a capstone project. Regardless of what it is called, its purpose is always the same. To answer the question, what did you learn and how will you apply it? Thankfully, I have written papers answering this question at the end of each course; just not 50-75 pages. As I read Nash and Bradley’s (2011) how to manual for writing a manuscript, I can’t help but consider my capstone project. I have decided for my capstone to write a manuscript explaining a new style of life coaching that I have developed called Theatresque Psychology Coaching (TPC). TPC is a coaching style that pairs psychology and drama therapy techniques as they relate to life coaching. According to Nash and Bradley (2011), the pre-search stage is “a term that we use to define the internal and external actions of an SPN writer before even one word is put on the page” (PG. 36). Personally, I feel this is the most crucial and difficult part of the journey as I see the term PRE standing for preparation. Preparation for my manuscript was advised by Nash and Bradley …show more content…
First my alarm wakes me up at 7am and of course I hit the snooze button for 10 minutes. At 7:10am I’m up and in the bathroom, brushing my teeth and hair. Then it is time for breakfast, which I prefer to eat while I’m catching up on one of my recorded TV shows. After that I rinse my dishes, as Nash (2011) refers to, I get my “butt in the chair” (p. 39). Comfortability first begins with what I choose to wear. My nieces always give me a hard time because I’m in my pajamas all day; clean and not slept in. Often I get cold as my hands type below my heart, so I prefer to have something warm to drink; usually green tea. Lastly, to stay comfortable I keep my family’s pictures and drawings from nieces and nephews close. Without the support of my friends and family, especially my nieces, Joie and Riley I would not stay focused. With all goals, there is an end and to keep that end in mind is motivation to persevere. I am a believer in God and there is a scripture I have held true to my heart throughout this year. “ Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it.” (1 Corinthians 9:23-25, English Standard Version) Ever since Fall 2014 I have been running the race for my Masters. Now, with advice and information from Nash and Bradley (2011) in Fall 2015 I will obtain