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Category Archives: readership
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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well, I’ll be bloggered
This week a few bits and pieces about blogging have arrived in my inbox – and since I only seem able to hold the most urgent pile of events and demands in my mind, they’ve commanded my attention. First of … Continue reading
Posted in academic blogging, academic writing, readership
Tagged academi cblogging, Pat Thomson, readers, schedule
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anticipate the unexpected reader
People like me, people who teach about writing, are always wittering on about the importance of writing with a reader in mind. This is important, we say, because if you write for a particular reader you can connect what you … Continue reading
Posted in Caroline Bettell, ethics, Mark Peel, reader, readership, representation
Tagged Caroline Bettell, ethics, Mark Peel, Pat Thomson, reader, representation
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what do words want?
In writing workshops I often come across people with conference and nearly final draft papers that they do not seem able to finish. The prospect of sending them out for review and possible publication just seems too hard, perhaps it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Margaret Atwood, reader, readership, reading, text, the page, words, writing
Tagged John Bunyan, Margaret Atwood, Pat Thomson, reader, words
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why bother blogging?
Alice Bell, who blogs as through the looking glass, is currently doing some research on academic blogging She’s focusing particularly on people who blog about education. This post is a response to her questions. I won’t repeat the questions here … Continue reading
early career researchers and the high impact journal
I was recently on a shortlisting panel for the three year postdoctoral fellowships offered by my university. Each of the five faculties had produced their own priority list from which the panel was to choose a subset to be interviewed. … Continue reading
where to start on writing a book proposal
I recently read some advice about how to start on a book proposal. The writer suggested that it was best to start with an outline. I disagree. The vast majority of academic books begin with the author doing an analysis … Continue reading
Posted in book proposal, readership, unique selling point
Tagged book proposal, Pat Thomson, readership
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