Follow me on Twitter
My Tweetspatter on facebook
-
Recent Posts
- feeling like an imposter? ask “what’s going on here?”
- categories of literatures work – what’s “new” about researching now
- Ten! Ten! Ten!
- the problem with gap talk
- make your case stronger – argue against yourself
- a qual. research strategy – empathy mapping
- make a poster – it may also help you write a paper
- academic writers as readers
- concluding a paper
- Structuring and sequencing chunks of writing
- the thesis discussion – making the move work
- revising – nine steps for making meaning
Copyright
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
SEE MY CURATED POSTS ON WAKELET
LOOKING FOR POSTS ON WRITING FOR JOURNALS? REVISING AND EDITING? GIVING FEEDBACK AND REVIEWING? READING? GIVING A CONFERENCE PAPER? VISIT MY WAKES ON https://wakelet.com/@patter- abstracts academic blogging academic book academic writing argument authority in writing blogging blogging about blogging books book writing chapter co-writing conclusion conference conference papers conference presentation contribution data data analysis doctoral research early career researchers editing examiner feedback introduction journal journal article literature mapping literature review literature reviews literature themes methods chapter peer review PhD publishing reader reading research research methods revision revision strategy starting the PhD supervision Tate Summer School theory thesis time Uncategorized voice writing
Top Posts & Pages
- feeling like an imposter? ask "what's going on here?"
- aims and objectives - what's the difference?
- what's a framework? - as in, conceptual or theoretical framework
- make your case stronger - argue against yourself
- writing a bio-note
- what's a #phd 'contribution'?
- connecting chapters/chapter conclusions
- a planner's approach to the first draft
- concluding the journal article
- connecting chapters/chapter introductions
Meta
Category Archives: space
getting into writing – again
I usually don’t have a lot of trouble writing. I’m lucky I know, but my capacity to just get on with writing is also because I’ve got a lifetime writing habit. However, even the most hardy of habits can be … Continue reading
Posted in mental space, music, place, space, time
Tagged academic writing, headspace, Joanne HArris, mental space, music, Pat Thomson
6 Comments
are we all part time now?
Being a part-time doctoral researcher is hard. Part-timers are generally already in work, professionals, “mature”, doing the doctorate to upgrade quals and/or further an interest. There’s a lot of part-time in my field of education, and in other areas like … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, part time PhD, space
Tagged digital, isolation, part time doctorate, Pat Thomson, working at home
15 Comments
writing home and away
I’m working away from my desk, as my out of office assistant puts it. But I’m still very much working. I’m writing out of place. I don’t have my usual working set up. And not just for a couple of … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, academic writing as work, office, space, writing routine
Tagged academic writing, desktop, out of office, Pat Thomson, routine, space
7 Comments
academic travel story – on getting un-jammed
I’ve just been on a week’s leave in the south of France. Well yes, poor me eh. Anyway before we get into a discussion of whether this was a good or bad time to go or be away, Ill just … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, performativity, publishing, space, time
Tagged Pat Thomson, research, time/space
6 Comments
