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Category Archives: abstracts
writing course day two
We began today by looking at the abstract again – the Tiny Text – and then went on to think about titles. After some paired discussion of the potential titles and a bit of work on some volunteers’ abstracts and … Continue reading
Posted in abstracts, introduction, Tiny Text, writing course
Tagged abstract, beginning work, Pat Thomson, Tiny Text, writing course
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day one writing course
My intention in these posts is simply to outline the activities in the course in case you want to try any of them for yourself. If I have time/energy I’ll add other bits too, but tonight is quite late and … Continue reading
Posted in abstracts, journal, just write
Tagged journal choice, Pat Thomson, structured abstract, writing course
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I’m running a writing course…
This afternoon I head off to Iceland to run a short writing course. I’ve decided that I’m going to blog about it as it happens. So rather than there being two posts this week, there will in fact be five … Continue reading
#acwrimo work in progress: blogging a paper on blogging
Thesis Whisperer, Inger Mewburn, and Patter, that’s me Pat, are writing a paper for a conference to be held in December. We’ve decided to blog our process as part of our #acwrimo commitment. We put an abstract together as a … Continue reading
picking up the pieces (of writing)
Most of us find that we don’t have the time to complete a piece of writing in one sitting. In fact a blog is probably about the only thing that you can finish in only one go. Retracing thinking steps … Continue reading
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Tagged abstract, Jon McGregor, Pat Thomson, picking up, Will Self
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writing from the PhD thesis – the publishing plan
I’m assuming that if you’re reading this post you have a publishing agenda – that is a list of potential articles from the PhD arranged in priority order. I’m also assuming that this might include a book – but I’m … Continue reading
