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Category Archives: thesis revision
my supervisor expects me to keep revising – why?
I often hear doctoral researchers asking this question. They’ve sent their supervisor some writing. It’s come back with feedback and suggestions and maybe actual corrections. The doc. researcher has attended to all of these and sent the revised text back … Continue reading
revising – nine steps for making meaning
In 1973 the late Donald Murray published an essay in The Writer in which he argues that writing begins when the first draft is completed. From then on, he says, the writer revises, reads and changes their words, closing in … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Murray, Pat Thomson, revision, revision strategy, writing as making
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ghosts in the text
Pentimento is the term used to describe the traces of an earlier work glimpsed through layers of paint on a canvas. Marks from the previous composition bleed through the newer surface, a reminder of what went before, a sign of … Continue reading
this, they, it, those, these – a revision strategy
One of my pet peeves is reading sentences which contain an ambiguous pronoun. The pronoun stands alone, isolated. The lonely goatherd on the hilltop. Sentences that start with, or contain, an unattached this, they, it, those, these seem to expect the reader … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, grammar, revision, revision strategy, syntax, thesis revision, vagueness
Tagged academic writing, Pat Thomson, pronouns, revision, revision strategy, syntax, vagueness
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tracking the path to research claims
All researchers make claims about their work. Remember the phrase staking a claim? That’s what we are actually doing when we claim something. We are metaphorically placing a marker in a field that we are prepared to stand on, stand … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, argument, claim, claims, evidence, revision, revision strategy, thesis, thesis revision
Tagged argument, claims, evidence, Pat Thomson, revision, thesis
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a festive gift from patter – a checklist for revising methods chapters
PhDers sometimes find writing the thesis methods chapter a pretty tedious business. But the methods chapter is a key part of the examination process – it shows that the researcher knows how to research. You see, examiners make their decision … Continue reading
the revision cave
Well, my current book is nearly done. But I was wondering, the other day, why writing a book never gets any easier. I’ve written quite a lot of books. This one is actually the twenty fourth, although about eight of … Continue reading
Posted in academic book, academic writing, book writing, revision, thesis revision
Tagged academic writing, book, book revision, emotional labour, revision, thesis revision
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counting down to #thesis completion
Many PhDers are under pressure to complete their research and thesis within set time frames. In the UK where I work, studentships are generally only for three years with a fourth unpaid year of ‘thesis pending’. This roughly equates to: … Continue reading
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
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revising a thesis chapter
You’ve written a first draft of your chapter. Hooray! That’s an achievement. You can’t get anywhere without a first draft. Pat yourself on the back. And then… Step away from the desk. Take a break. Leave your draft and do … Continue reading
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