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Category Archives: academic writing
Ten quick ideas for refreshing your writing #AcWriMo
It’s nearly November. And that means its AcWriMo. Academic Writing Month. The idea of Acwrimo is to use the month of November to make major headway on a big writing project. Or to kick start a writing project. Or to … Continue reading
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Tagged academic writing, acwrimo, creative writing, Pat Thomson
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unlearning who you are and what you know? starting the doctorate
No-one arrives at a doctorate as a blank slate. Everyone brings with them particular histories – we have life experiences and personal pathways which are classed, raced, gendered; work experiences and sometimes long professional careers; as well as educational histories. … Continue reading
forced rest
You know all that advice which says Take a break. Turn off your email. Go somewhere you can’t connect. Well this. Except it wasn’t planned that way. Suddenly and with no warning, patter finds herself out of contact with the … Continue reading
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how to talk about writing…
Everyone who talks about writing has to use language that people can relate to and understand. Of course. Duh. Sometimes this means using terms that are already in circulation – like pomodoro and shut up and write. while these terms … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, Larry McEnerney, reader, talking writing, value
Tagged academic writing, Larry McEnerney, reader, value
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a book about style and form
I read at least one book about writing every month. Because nobody sends me these for free, this means I buy at least one book about writing each month. I know you are imagining my bookshelves, but rest easy, most … Continue reading
tackling writer’s block
It’s pretty common for writers to get stuck with their writing. Most people of course find a solution of some kind. Eventually. Sometimes the stuckness goes away, apparently by itself. But sometimes the writer finds something else to work on. … Continue reading
Posted in being stuck, stuck, writer's block, writing to get unstuck
Tagged academic writing, Pat Thomson, writer's block
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familiarity and peer review
I’ve been doing some literature work. Now don’t get me wrong, I love literature work. But I am finding it all a bit same old same old right now. All the papers read the sme, even though they have different … Continue reading
dislodging stuck writing
Do you have a bit of writing that is stuck? I don’t mean you can’t get any words down on the page. I mean you have some writing where you just can’t work out what to do next. You think. … Continue reading
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Should academics do unpaid work to share their research? if so, when and how?
This is a guest post from Dr Anna Bull, Lecturer in Education and Social Justice at the University of York and co-director of research and campaign organisation The 1752 Group. My comments on Twitter seemed to resonate with a lot of … Continue reading
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Tagged "free work", Anna Bull, impact
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