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Category Archives: revision strategy
introducing dr deluded
Meet Dr Deluded. Dr Deluded is angry. Very angry. Dr Deluded just can’t get published. It’s not that he doesn’t try. Dr Deluded writes a lot and submits to journals. In fact, he is so keen to get his work out … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, conference papers, journal, publishing, revision, revision strategy
Tagged academic writing, journal, Pat Thomson, publishing, revision
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creative re-vision
If you have a writing practice which begins with a quickly written and almost inevitably loose first draft, then you need a range of strategies that you can call on to beat the text into shape. And even if … Continue reading
Posted in creative writing, play, revision, revision strategy, Uncategorized
Tagged creative revision strategies, Kristen Iversen, Pat Thomson, revision
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co-writing – strategies for working with other people’s words
There are various types of co-writing practices. Pretty well all of them involve you working on text that other people have written. This is a sensitive matter. Many people are anxious about their writing and do not enjoy the process … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, co-writing, revision, revision strategy, Uncategorized, voice
Tagged academic writing, co-writing, Pat Thomson
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begin as you mean to go on #wakeupreader
Your average doctoral thesis is about the same length as a fat airport novel, but nowhere near as racy. We could/should ask whether a thesis ought to be as riveting as a whodunnit or chick lit. And we’d probably conclude that a … Continue reading
Posted in revision, revision strategy, sentence beginnings, Uncategorized
Tagged Pat Thomson, revision strategy, sentence beginnings
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from conference paper to journal article – writing in small chunks
You may not always have the luxury of a block of time to revise your conference paper. Or you might choose to devote the big slab of writing time you do have, perhaps over summer, to a big new project. After all, having extended time … Continue reading
