Tag Archives: revising

revising drafts – #AcWriMo

Posted on November 21, 2022 by pat thomson

In the spirit of #AcWriMo here is another book that you might find interesting and helpful – this week it’s Verlyn Klinkinborg’s (2012) Several short sentences about writing. Klinkinborg writes a book-length prose poem about authoring. His goal is to … Continue reading →

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the disappearing writer – a redrafting strategy

Posted on November 15, 2021 by pat thomson

Academic writers often lose themselves when writing about literatures. It is easier to be textually confident when writing about what you did yourself than to summarise, synthesise and assess other people’s texts. Particularly if those texts are produced by more … Continue reading →

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book blogging interlude – turn around when possible

Posted on May 31, 2014 by pat thomson

This is the last of five days working on the book with Barbara. By the time she has to get on board the train back to London this evening, we will have finished off most of a section, and revised … Continue reading →

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good academic writing – it’s about revision not editing

Posted on February 24, 2014 by pat thomson

Creative writers are accustomed to the idea that their writing must go through several drafts. However, much of the advice on offer to academic writers proceeds as if all they have to do is produce a draft which is then … Continue reading →