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on form and function – and Les Back’s Academic Diary
So you want to write a book which examines everyday life in the contemporary university. You want to show the ways in which academic work is constrained, but also what freedoms are still possible. You want to communicate the reasons … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Diary
Tagged Academic Diary, form and function, genre, Les Back, show and tell
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read what you want to write
One of the common pieces of advice given to creative writers is to read widely, work out what you like and then write like those you admire. This writing-like-admirable-others requires the aspiring creative writer to analyse various aspects of the … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, conversation, creative writing, debates in the field, disciplines, doctoral education
Tagged academic writing, debates, genre, Pat Thomson, style
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