A Protocol for Co-Authored Academic Writing: The “Draft-in-a-Day”

The iterative process of writing a co-authored manuscript in sport and exercise psychology may take several months to complete. Draft-in-a-day is an alternative group-based approach that draws on concepts from efficiently write the first draft manuscript, while providing rich opportunities for trainees develop their skills. purpose this paper was explore usefulness acceptability draft-in-a-day by examining individuals’ experiences using protocol. Twelve participants (4 professors, 8 trainees) who had used protocol completed online questionnaire about experiences. Participant responses were inductively content analyzed. Participants receptive method writing, reported being very likely use it future (M = 4.9, SD 0.28; scale 1-5), provided suggestions improvement. This early stage research provides framework efficient psychology.