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academic writing knowhow – setting the scene
That first sentence. Your first thought. An opening gambit. Setting the scene. Attracting the reader. Aaargh. Starting a new piece of writing can be daunting. It’s no wonder that so many writers worry about how to begin. But academic writers … Continue reading
academic writing – from Tiny Text to road map
But wait ! There’s more. In the last post I showed the usual way I develop a piece of writing from tables through graphic design to a Tiny Text. This post completes the picture. Here I’m using a Tiny Text as … Continue reading
Posted in outline, Tiny Text, word budget
Tagged diary writing time, outline, Pat Thomson, Tiny Text, wordbidget
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academic writing – from a bunch of stuff to text outline
Someone asked me the other day how I did my own writing. I get asked this a lot and I don’t often answer – I don’t want you to think that you have to work like me. No. Every academic … Continue reading
working up a first draft: a twelve step strategy
If you are drafting, it is pretty easy to find a lot of advice about the benefits of free writing. Lots of people find that timed writing sprints help to generate content. Unstructured writing is useful to work out what … Continue reading
plan to write – a controlling purpose
At some point in the writing process, most writers develop a plan. Some writers may already have, before they plan, chunks of text or a crappy first draft that needs to be beaten into shape. Other writers begin with the … Continue reading
Posted in argument, controlling purpose, the point, thesis, Tiny Text
Tagged academic wriitng, argument, controlling purpose, outline, Pat Thomson, Tiny Text
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patter is eight and celebrating with writing skeletons
Happy birthday to me July is patter’s eight birthday and this is my 784thpost. That’s a lot of words. At about a thousand per post, well, there’s about ten books worth buried in this blog. I’ve had a bit of … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, sentence skeleton, Tiny Text, warrant
Tagged sentence skeleton, Tiny Text, warrant, writing skeleton
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tiny texts – small is powerful
I work a lot with tiny texts. Abstracts. Storyboards. Story threads. Lines of argument. Tiny texts are my academic writing tool of choice. If I had to abandon all the other writing strategies I have in my repertoire, this is … Continue reading
Posted in abstracts, academic writing, methods, methods chapter, research methods, thesis, Tiny Text
Tagged abstratc, argument, methods chapter, Pat Thomson, thesis, Tiny Text
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writing regularly – matching time and task.
You’ve all heard the advice that it’s good to write regularly. Perhaps it was phrased this way – productive writers write a lot because they write regularly. You’ve been told that you can get a lot done if you just … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, time, Tiny Text, writing regularly
Tagged Pat Thomson, regular writing, time and task, Tiny Text
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finishing the phd – write a Tiny Text
You’ve finally finished your data generation and analysis. What next? Oh, it’s the big text… but working out how to move now, working out how to structure the thesis … well it can feel a bit like trying to fight your … Continue reading
writing course day two
We began today by looking at the abstract again – the Tiny Text – and then went on to think about titles. After some paired discussion of the potential titles and a bit of work on some volunteers’ abstracts and … Continue reading
Posted in abstracts, introduction, Tiny Text, writing course
Tagged abstract, beginning work, Pat Thomson, Tiny Text, writing course
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