Category Archives: ideas clarification

trouble finding a writing angle? try cubing

Posted on January 10, 2022 by pat thomson

You have research results. You want to write something – a book, a chapter, a paper. You’re in a field where there is already an active conversation. You’ve done an analysis which seems to repeat what is already out there. … Continue reading →

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looping – a free writing strategy for generating ideas

Posted on August 20, 2018 by pat thomson

Free writing is probably the most common and talked up strategy for getting your writing going. Free writing is when you write continuously without stopping. It is often used in conjunction with a timer – the pomodoro. Free writing is … Continue reading →

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what talking can do for academic writing

Posted on May 22, 2014 by pat thomson

My co-writer and good friend Barbara is coming next week and we will have another little orgy of book writing. Only five days, but this will be enough for us to get a second section of our doctoral researcher writing … Continue reading →