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 #'''Idea''': Before beginning a blog post, blog writers must get preliminary approval from Anne or Ed. To propose an idea, set up a wiki page. Include (Blog Post) in the title and make the wiki page using [[Form:BlogPost]]. Describe your idea in 2-4 sentences. Include 3-4 proposed references. Alert Anne and Ed to your proposal once your Idea page is complete.
 #'''Outline''': Once your post idea is approved. Conduct further research and outline your proposed post on your wiki page. Include your proposed argument or thesis statement, 5-6 supporting points and references. Each supporting point must be back by evidence. References should be included for all of the supporting points. Let Anne know when you have finished your outline.
-#'''Draft''': Once your outline is approved, draft your post. Include a link to the google doc on your blog post's wiki page. Make sure that this link can be viewed by all rice.edu email addresses and can be edited by Anne and your peer reviewer. Use the [[Writing and Style Rules]] to make sure your writing is consistent with other McNair Center posts.
+#'''Draft''': Once your outline is approved, draft your post. Include a link to the google doc on your blog post's wiki page. Make sure that this link can be viewed by all rice.edu email addresses and can be edited by Anne. Use the [[Writing and Style Rules]] to make sure your writing is consistent with other McNair Center posts.
-#'''Peer edit''': This step is skipped during the summer. Once the draft is ready for review, tell Anne. She will assign you a peer editor. Make sure that your peer reviewer's name is in the '''Notes''' field in [[Form:BlogPost]]. Your assigned peer reviewer will make suggestions and return the blog post to the writer. The writer will revise the draft based on these suggestions.
+#'''Peer edit''': This step is skipped during the summer. Once the draft is ready for review, tell Anne. She will assign you a peer editor. Make sure that your peer reviewer's name is in the '''Notes''' field in [[Form:BlogPost]] and he or she has permission to edit your google doc.
-#'''Revision''': Give the revised draft to Anne, completing the same process of suggestion and revision as with the peer editor in Step 1. If any large changes are made in this process, the writer will give the new draft to another available peer editor to check for grammar/content one last time before giving it to Ed. Put whether your post is waiting for or approved by Anne and Ed in the '''Notes''' field. This process may have to be repeated more than once if the blog needs further development. Give the final draft Anne for approval.
+#'''Revision''': Revise your draft based on the peer editor's suggestions. Give the revised draft to Anne, who may require further revisions. If substantial revisions are required at this stage, the post may go through another round of peer review. completing the same process of suggestion and revision as with the peer editor in Step 1. If any large changes are made in this process, the writer will give the new draft to another available peer editor to check for grammar/content one last time before giving it to Ed. Put whether your post is waiting for or approved by Anne and Ed in the '''Notes''' field. This process may have to be repeated more than once if the blog needs further development. Give the final draft Anne for approval.
 #'''In Wordpress''': Once Anne’s approval is given, the piece can be posted in the blog using Steps 5-6. See [[Working with Wordpress]] for detailed instructions.
 #'''Simultaneously with Steps 1-3:''' Select two or more graphics for the blog post (one as featured image, one for within the post itself), making sure that we are authorized to use the image and that we have the proper citations. Write a caption for the graphic.

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 #'''Outline''': Once your post idea is approved. Conduct further research and outline your proposed post on your wiki page. Include your proposed argument or thesis statement, 5-6 supporting points and references. Each supporting point must be back by evidence. References should be included for all of the supporting points. Let Anne know when you have finished your outline.
 #'''Draft''': Once your outline is approved, draft your post. Include a link to the google doc on your blog post's wiki page. Make sure that this link can be viewed by all rice.edu email addresses and can be edited by Anne and your peer reviewer. Use the [[Writing and Style Rules]] to make sure your writing is consistent with other McNair Center posts.
-#'''Peer edit''': This step is skipped during the summer. During the academic year, drafts are due one week after your idea is approved. Once the draft is ready for review, tell Anne. She will assign you a peer editor. Make sure that this person's name is set in the '''Notes''' field. He or she will make suggestions and return the blog post to the writer. The writer will revise the draft based on these suggestions.
+#'''Peer edit''': This step is skipped during the summer. Once the draft is ready for review, tell Anne. She will assign you a peer editor. Make sure that your peer reviewer's name is in the '''Notes''' field in [[Form:BlogPost]]. Your assigned peer reviewer will make suggestions and return the blog post to the writer. The writer will revise the draft based on these suggestions.
 #'''Revision''': Give the revised draft to Anne, completing the same process of suggestion and revision as with the peer editor in Step 1. If any large changes are made in this process, the writer will give the new draft to another available peer editor to check for grammar/content one last time before giving it to Ed. Put whether your post is waiting for or approved by Anne and Ed in the '''Notes''' field. This process may have to be repeated more than once if the blog needs further development. Give the final draft Anne for approval.
 #'''In Wordpress''': Once Anne’s approval is given, the piece can be posted in the blog using Steps 5-6. See [[Working with Wordpress]] for detailed instructions.

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 #'''Outline''': Once your post idea is approved. Conduct further research and outline your proposed post on your wiki page. Include your proposed argument or thesis statement, 5-6 supporting points and references. Each supporting point must be back by evidence. References should be included for all of the supporting points. Let Anne know when you have finished your outline.
 #'''Draft''': Once your outline is approved, draft your post. Include a link to the google doc on your blog post's wiki page. Make sure that this link can be viewed by all rice.edu email addresses and can be edited by Anne and your peer reviewer. Use the [[Writing and Style Rules]] to make sure your writing is consistent with other McNair Center posts.
-#'''Peer edit''': During the academic year, drafts are due one week after your idea is approved. Once the draft is ready for review, tell Anne. She will assign you a peer editor. Make sure that this person's name is set in the '''Notes''' field. He or she will make suggestions and return the blog post to the writer. The writer will revise the draft based on these suggestions.
+#'''Peer edit''': This step is skipped during the summer. During the academic year, drafts are due one week after your idea is approved. Once the draft is ready for review, tell Anne. She will assign you a peer editor. Make sure that this person's name is set in the '''Notes''' field. He or she will make suggestions and return the blog post to the writer. The writer will revise the draft based on these suggestions.
 #'''Revision''': Give the revised draft to Anne, completing the same process of suggestion and revision as with the peer editor in Step 1. If any large changes are made in this process, the writer will give the new draft to another available peer editor to check for grammar/content one last time before giving it to Ed. Put whether your post is waiting for or approved by Anne and Ed in the '''Notes''' field. This process may have to be repeated more than once if the blog needs further development. Give the final draft Anne for approval.
 #'''In Wordpress''': Once Anne’s approval is given, the piece can be posted in the blog using Steps 5-6. See [[Working with Wordpress]] for detailed instructions.

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 Follow these steps as you write your post. Remember to set your content status on your post's wiki page as your enter each stage:
-#'''Idea''': Before beginning a blog post, blog writers must get preliminary approval from Anne or Ed.
+#'''Idea''': Before beginning a blog post, blog writers must get preliminary approval from Anne or Ed. To propose an idea, set up a wiki page. Include (Blog Post) in the title and make the wiki page using [[Form:BlogPost]]. Describe your idea in 2-4 sentences. Include 3-4 proposed references. Alert Anne and Ed to your proposal once your Idea page is complete.
-#'''Outline''': After completing research on your post, set up a wiki page. Include (Blog Post) in the title and make the wiki page using [[Form:BlogPost]].  Outline your proposed post on your wiki page. Your outline should include several subsections including your proposed argument or thesis statement, 5-6 supporting points and references. Each supporting point must be back by evidence. References should be included for all of the supporting points. Let Anne know when you have finished your outline.
+#'''Outline''': Once your post idea is approved. Conduct further research and outline your proposed post on your wiki page. Include your proposed argument or thesis statement, 5-6 supporting points and references. Each supporting point must be back by evidence. References should be included for all of the supporting points. Let Anne know when you have finished your outline.
-#'''Draft''': Once your outline is approved, draft your post. Include an editable link to the google doc on your blog post's wiki page. Use our [[Writing and Style Rules]] to improve your writing and make sure it is consistent with the writing style of other posts by the McNair Center.
+#'''Draft''': Once your outline is approved, draft your post. Include a link to the google doc on your blog post's wiki page. Make sure that this link can be viewed by all rice.edu email addresses and can be edited by Anne and your peer reviewer. Use the [[Writing and Style Rules]] to make sure your writing is consistent with other McNair Center posts.
 #'''Peer edit''': During the academic year, drafts are due one week after your idea is approved. Once the draft is ready for review, tell Anne. She will assign you a peer editor. Make sure that this person's name is set in the '''Notes''' field. He or she will make suggestions and return the blog post to the writer. The writer will revise the draft based on these suggestions.
 #'''Revision''': Give the revised draft to Anne, completing the same process of suggestion and revision as with the peer editor in Step 1. If any large changes are made in this process, the writer will give the new draft to another available peer editor to check for grammar/content one last time before giving it to Ed. Put whether your post is waiting for or approved by Anne and Ed in the '''Notes''' field. This process may have to be repeated more than once if the blog needs further development. Give the final draft Anne for approval.

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 ==Step by Step==
-Follow these steps as you write your post. Remember to set your content status on your post's wiki page as your enter each stage.:
+Follow these steps as you write your post. Remember to set your content status on your post's wiki page as your enter each stage:
 #'''Idea''': Before beginning a blog post, blog writers must get preliminary approval from Anne or Ed.
 #'''Outline''': After completing research on your post, set up a wiki page. Include (Blog Post) in the title and make the wiki page using [[Form:BlogPost]].  Outline your proposed post on your wiki page. Your outline should include several subsections including your proposed argument or thesis statement, 5-6 supporting points and references. Each supporting point must be back by evidence. References should be included for all of the supporting points. Let Anne know when you have finished your outline.
 #'''Draft''': Once your outline is approved, draft your post. Include an editable link to the google doc on your blog post's wiki page. Use our [[Writing and Style Rules]] to improve your writing and make sure it is consistent with the writing style of other posts by the McNair Center.
-#'''Peer edit''': Drafts are due one week after your idea is approved. Once the draft is ready for review, tell Anne. She will assign you a peer editor. Make sure that this person's name is set in the '''Notes''' field. He or she will make suggestions and return the blog post to the writer. The writer will revise the draft based on these suggestions.
+#'''Peer edit''': During the academic year, drafts are due one week after your idea is approved. Once the draft is ready for review, tell Anne. She will assign you a peer editor. Make sure that this person's name is set in the '''Notes''' field. He or she will make suggestions and return the blog post to the writer. The writer will revise the draft based on these suggestions.
 #'''Revision''': Give the revised draft to Anne, completing the same process of suggestion and revision as with the peer editor in Step 1. If any large changes are made in this process, the writer will give the new draft to another available peer editor to check for grammar/content one last time before giving it to Ed. Put whether your post is waiting for or approved by Anne and Ed in the '''Notes''' field. This process may have to be repeated more than once if the blog needs further development. Give the final draft Anne for approval.
 #'''In Wordpress''': Once Anne’s approval is given, the piece can be posted in the blog using Steps 5-6. See [[Working with Wordpress]] for detailed instructions.
-#'''Simultaneously with Steps 1-3:''' Select two or more graphics for the blog post (one as featured image, one for within the post itself), making sure that we are authorized to use the image and that we have the proper citations. Write a caption for the graphic. Give all of this to the Graphics Editor for approval.
+#'''Simultaneously with Steps 1-3:''' Select two or more graphics for the blog post (one as featured image, one for within the post itself), making sure that we are authorized to use the image and that we have the proper citations. Write a caption for the graphic.
 #Once the graphics and content have been approved, the writer can post it all into WordPress. The writer needs to make the page visually appealing and set up the WordPress features- Use our [[Working with WordPress]] page for help (SEO, Readability, Tags, Hyperlinks). At this point, the blog post will be ready for publication, but should be labeled as a Visibility: "Private" within WordPress (not public yet).
-#Notify the Online Editor (see our [[Blog Team]] page for details) that the post is completely ready to be published. The Online Editor checks that the post is at the quality we expect for publishing, looking at graphics, plugins, content, title, etc. The Online Editor can then publish it to the public in WordPress and set the status to '''Published'''.
+#During the academic year, notify the Online Editor (see our [[Blog Team]] page for details) that the post is completely ready to be published. The Online Editor checks that the post is at the quality we expect for publishing, looking at graphics, plugins, content, title, etc. The Online Editor can then publish it to the public in WordPress and set the status to '''Published'''.
 ===Due Dates and Expectations===
-A draft of a post will be expected for peer editing no later than one week after the idea is approved. Peer editors must complete their editing within one shift of being assigned to a post. Then the post should go to Anne. After Anne’s edits are received, a new draft is expected one shift later. Tighter timelines may be specified depending on circumstances.
+During the academic year, a draft of a post will be expected for peer editing no later than one week after the idea is approved. Peer editors must complete their editing within one shift of being assigned to a post. Then the post should go to Anne. After Anne’s edits are received, a new draft is expected one shift later. Tighter timelines may be specified depending on circumstances.
 ===Assorted Things to Remember===

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 This page is useful to those [[Writing Blog Posts]] at the McNair Center.
-<onlyinclude>We have a step-by-step [[Blog Writing Process]] that we expect McNair Staff to follow. Amendments to the process should be done only in consultation with the [[Blog Team]]. This process ensures that everyone creates a page for their blog post using [[Form:BlogPost]] so that everything we do can be tracked and stored, and so that we can all work together efficiently. Please see the detailed instructions for [[Blog Writing Process#Creating a wiki page for your blog post| creating a wiki page for your blog post]].</onlyinclude>
+<onlyinclude>McNair Staff are expected to follow the [[Blog Writing Process]]. Amendments to the process should be done only in consultation with the [[Blog Team]]. This process ensures that everyone creates a page for their blog post using [[Form:BlogPost]] so that everything can be efficiently tracked and stored. See the detailed instructions for [[Blog Writing Process#Creating a wiki page for your blog post| creating a wiki page for your blog post]].</onlyinclude>
 ==Step by Step==

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   <nowiki>
- {{BlogPost
+{{BlogPost
- |Title=
+|Has title=
- |Author=
+|Has author=
- |Series=
+|Part of series=
- |Content status=
+|Has content status=
- |Graphics status=
+|Has graphics status=
- |Blog image=
+|Blog image=
- |Publication date=
+|Had publication date=
- }}
+|Has processing notes=
   </nowiki>

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