Category Archives: co-writing

co-writing – strategies for working with other people’s words

Posted on May 1, 2017 by

There are various types of co-writing practices. Pretty well all of them involve you working on text that other people have written. This is a sensitive matter. Many people are anxious about their writing and do not enjoy the process … Continue reading →

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EN and me

Posted on April 20, 2017 by

I write a lot about co- writing and the particular people I work with. But there’s one co-writing situation I don’t talk much about. And I should own up. I have been in a writing relationship with EN – full … Continue reading →

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co-writing with your supervisor – do we need a code of good practice?

Posted on April 17, 2017 by

Yes, universities now promote the practice of doctoral researchers writing with their supervisors, but their advice and support for those involved lags well behind their encouragement. Most universities sign on to the Vancouver protocol, developed by medical researchers, which clarifies … Continue reading →

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co–writing with your supervisor – the authorship question

Posted on April 10, 2017 by

A doctoral researcher recently told me, and several others who were in the room at the same time, that he wanted to write a journal article. Good eh. No. Not really. The trouble was that his supervisor insisted on being … Continue reading →

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Co-writing, a continuing story…

Posted on January 5, 2017 by

This is a guest post written by John Cowan and Susi Peacock who write together.  Their bio-notes are at the bottom of this post.  This brief piece of collaborative written work was conceived in a typical manner, by Susi and me.  As we … Continue reading →

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book update – on the importance of chapter structure

Posted on May 7, 2015 by

It’s been a while since I wrote anything about my current book project with Barbara. We are still in the throes of revising the text, turning our incredibly messy first draft into something more readable. But we are up to … Continue reading →

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writing with your supervisor

Posted on March 26, 2015 by

This is a guest post from Dr Charlotte Wegener who is Assistant Professor at the Department of Communication, Aalborg University, Denmark I am currently finalizing draft chapters for a book I’m co-writing with my former supervisor. The title of the … Continue reading →

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