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Tag Archives: revision strategy
revising – nine steps for making meaning
In 1973 the late Donald Murray published an essay in The Writer in which he argues that writing begins when the first draft is completed. From then on, he says, the writer revises, reads and changes their words, closing in … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, revision, revision strategy, thesis revision
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making your writing authoritative – a citation revision strategy
Readers expect academic writers to know what they are talking about. We meet that expectation by grounding our writing in good scholarship – and making it sound authoritative. Authoritative. You can see the words author and authority contained within authoritative … Continue reading
revising like a reader
Academic writing is generally intended to be persuasive. The writer – let’s say that’s us – wants to put a proposition to the reader, and convince them that what we have presented is credible. Our writing is worth taking seriously … Continue reading
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Tagged Pat Thomson, reader, revision, revision strategy
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revision – writing without protection
Academic writers need to let their readers know that they know what they are talking about. But feeling and talking like an expert is not easy – in fact, it’s often the exact opposite of how you think about yourself. … Continue reading
this, they, it, those, these – a revision strategy
One of my pet peeves is reading sentences which contain an ambiguous pronoun. The pronoun stands alone, isolated. The lonely goatherd on the hilltop. Sentences that start with, or contain, an unattached this, they, it, those, these seem to expect the reader … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, grammar, revision, revision strategy, syntax, thesis revision, vagueness
Tagged academic writing, Pat Thomson, pronouns, revision, revision strategy, syntax, vagueness
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a festive gift from patter – a checklist for revising methods chapters
PhDers sometimes find writing the thesis methods chapter a pretty tedious business. But the methods chapter is a key part of the examination process – it shows that the researcher knows how to research. You see, examiners make their decision … Continue reading
begin as you mean to go on #wakeupreader
Your average doctoral thesis is about the same length as a fat airport novel, but nowhere near as racy. We could/should ask whether a thesis ought to be as riveting as a whodunnit or chick lit. And we’d probably conclude that a … Continue reading
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tackling a messy first draft
You may have just produced a great wadge of material through free writing. Or perhaps you have a very messy draft of a paper, or a draft thesis chapter. Where to start to try to sort out the useful writing … Continue reading
