Category Archives: creativity

making the familiar strange – two book recommendations

Posted on June 29, 2017 by

Today, as this post publishes, I’m giving a talk to postgraduate researchers. One of the things I will talk about is why it’s important for all researchers to practice seeing things differently. We already have ways of describing this imperative … Continue reading →

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planning v creativity in academic writing

Posted on January 9, 2014 by

Now a lot of people know that I’m an advocate of planning your writing. I’m not a great fan of just writing and just writing and then editing and just writing again and editing some more. I know people do … Continue reading →

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