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Category Archives: reader
eight ways to write theory very badly
If you want to be the person who makes their reader sigh and eventually give up when they get to your theoretical ‘bit’, here’s some non-fail writing strategies. Do these and I guarantee your reader will be enervated and/or exasperated: … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, nominalisation, primary source, reader, secondary source, syntax, theory
Tagged complex writing, nominalisation, Pat Thomson, syntax, writing theory
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revising with a reader in mind – ten questions
Academics write for different kinds of readers. We are often accused of writing only for each other, but this is no longer true. Many of us now write for many different kinds of readers – or audiences, as they are … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, audience, reader, readership, revision, revision strategy, thesis revision
Tagged audience, Pat Thomson, reader, revising for your reader, revision
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writing a bio-note
Most of us have to produce bio-notes. The bio-note is a little verbal selfie that goes with a book chapter, a journal article, or sometimes a conference presentation. Book authors also have to provide brief bio-notes which might go in … Continue reading
Posted in academic selfie, academic writing, bio-note, chapter, journal article, paratext, reader
Tagged academic selfie, bio-note, paratext, Pat Thomson, reader
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writing a paper? what’s the angle?
Researchers are often heavily entangled in their research. They’ve lived with it for a long time. And they can do that because the research is interesting to them. Really interesting. It’s not really surprising that a long-term-involved researcher might forget that other … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, journal article, reader, the angle, the pitch, Uncategorized
Tagged academic writing, journal article, Pat Thomson, the angle, the pitch
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thesis to journal article – five things to remember
Once you have winkled the topic of your paper out of its thesis shell, you need to select the journal that you want to publish in. And once you’ve made that decision, you need to remember these five things as you start to think … Continue reading
Posted in journal, journal article, journal publication, reader, thesis to papers
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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
Posted in planning, publications, reader, revision
Tagged academic writing, drafting, revision, write for publication, write for the reader, write for the writer
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