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Category Archives: planning
writing thesis chapters? beware ‘blocky’ writing
It’s very common to read academic texts, particularly thesis chapters, which present themselves to the reader as a series of blocks of stuff. Each big block of stuff may well be divided up into smaller sub-headed blocks. This is not … Continue reading
starting the PhD – anticipate tasks and timings
It’s little tricky to write generic advice about the PhD. That’s because every PhD is unique, as is every doctoral researcher. Not only are there clear disciplinary differences in the ways in which PhDs are accomplished, but the methodological choices … Continue reading
Posted in PhD, PhD by publication, planning, research project, thesis
Tagged anticipation, Pat Thomson, planning the PhD
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co-writing the messy first draft
another of those posts where I talk about my own practice… I’m currently engaged in several bits of co-writing. They are not the talk-and-write-together model that I do with Barbara. No, these are variations on the write-together-write-separate process. Because this … Continue reading
Posted in abstracts, co-writing, planning, planning a paper, word budget
Tagged abstract, co-writing, Pat Thomson, planning, talking to write, writing together
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a drafting strategy
I’m not a should-must-always person when it comes to academic writing. I think there are lots of ways to get scholarly authoring done and there are lots of ways for it to look and read. I always feel pretty uncomfortable … Continue reading
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Tagged academic writing, drafting, revision, write for publication, write for the reader, write for the writer
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planning v creativity in academic writing
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
Posted in academic writing, creativity, literature review, planning, planning a paper
Tagged academic writing, creativity, Pat Thomson, planning
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