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Category Archives: writing research
bad writing advice
There’s some very bad writing advice out there. Most of it is well-intentioned. Most doesn’t aim to make profit from anxious writers. But unfortunately readily available writing advice is not uniformly good. Does this matter? Caveat emptor perhaps? Well, there’s … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, advice, poor advice, research, writing research
Tagged academic writing research, advice, Bad Ideas About Writing, Pat Thomson
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an ethics of analysis and writing
How do you work ethically with material generated in an interview? I’ve been pondering this question recently as part of a more general think about ethical research practice*. Research ethics are covered in institutional forms – yes? Well no. The forms … Continue reading
Posted in analysis, data analysis, ethics, Uncategorized, writing research
Tagged analysis, ethics, Pat Thomson, writing
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seven reasons why journals reject papers
I’ve written about rejections several times, and most of this is scattered throughout the blog, so I thought it might be helpful to amalgamate the most important points together. All in one place. There are some very common reasons why … Continue reading
Posted in journal, premature publication, publishing, refereeing, rejection, writing, writing research
Tagged journals, Pat Thomson, reasons for rejection
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should you, could you, would you… co-write with your supervisor?
It’s not hard to find a horror story or two about the PhD researcher who wrote something with their supervisor only to find when it was published that they weren’t given credit for the work. The supervisor put their name … Continue reading
Posted in co-writing, journal, supervision, theft, writing, writing research
Tagged academic theft, co-writing, Pat Thomson, supervisor
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just write – then plan, and write again – in #acwrimo and beyond
Someone asked me the other day whether I thought ‘just write’ was a good idea. It is something that I support, although always with the caveat that it doesn’t work for everyone. I call this ‘writing along the way’ because … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, acwrimo, just write, Peter Elbow, writer's block, writing, writing research
Tagged academic writing, just write, Pat Thomson, Peter Elbow
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