Tag Archives: Joni Cole

help your inner ‘Creator’ and ‘Editor’ get along

Posted on January 18, 2021 by pat thomson

You’re writing? And feeling a bit pulled in two directions at once? Perhaps that’s not surprising. Writers have two inter-related personae –the Creator and the Editor. Well, that’s according to Joni B Cole, and indeed a lot of other people … Continue reading →

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giving feedback on writing – be specific

Posted on March 18, 2019 by pat thomson

One of the characteristics of academic life is feedback. We get it whether we want it or not. Students feedback on our teaching. Reviewers feedback on our papers. Supervisors feedback on draft thesis texts. Of course, most of us also … Continue reading →

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dealing with negative f2f feedback

Posted on March 6, 2014 by pat thomson

So you’ve sent the chapter to your supervisor and now you have to go and see what they think. You’re pretty pleased with what you’ve done, but when the conversation starts it goes almost immediately to the problems. You want … Continue reading →