Tag Archives: genre

familiarity and peer review

Posted on March 7, 2022 by pat thomson

I’ve been doing some literature work. Now don’t get me wrong, I love literature work. But I am finding it all a bit same old same old right now. All the papers read the sme, even though they have different … Continue reading →

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on form and function – and Les Back’s Academic Diary

Posted on July 21, 2016 by pat thomson

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 →

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read what you want to write

Posted on April 3, 2014 by pat thomson

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 →