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Category Archives: flow
what’s a framework? – as in, conceptual or theoretical framework
Whenever people talk about concepts or theory, they usually add on another word – framework. And ‘framework’ can be as confusing as the concept or theory word that goes before it. (Check this recent post for the difference between concept … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, coherence, conceptual, flow, framework, theory
Tagged coherence, conceptual framework, flow, framework, Pat Thomson, theoretical framework
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chapter flow /using headings to help
This is the third in a series of posts on getting flow in the thesis. The first was on using the introduction and the second on using the conclusion. This post is about using headings. There are two aspects of … Continue reading
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Tagged chapter, flow, headings, Pat Thomson, Rachel Cayley, reverse outline, thesis
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connecting chapters/chapter conclusions
This post is the second of four which address the question of how you achieve flow across a thesis text. The previous post (here) offered a three-part approach to beginning to write a chapter. The three moves, link, focus and … Continue reading
Posted in chapter, conclusion, crunching, flow
Tagged chapter flow, crunching the conclusion, Pat Thomson
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connecting chapters/chapter introductions
Writing a thesis, or indeed an academic book, means constructing an extended argument. One common problem in writing a very long text is that it’s not hard in 80,000 to 100,000 words for the reader to get lost in between … Continue reading
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Tagged argument, chapter introduction, coherence, flow, Pat Thomson
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