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writing course – yes, but was it any good?

Posted on February 12, 2015 by pat thomson

Now that the intensive eight days writing course are over, it’s interesting to reflect on what happened. What might count as success? What went right/wrong? How do we know what to do differently next time? These are not abstract questions. … Continue reading →

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writing course – the Methods Section

Posted on February 5, 2015 by pat thomson

Methods. Methodology. Being methodical. All of the above. The third day of the writing workshop (predictably, since we are following an ILMRaD structure) focused on what goes in the Methods Section of a journal article. And predictably again, the first … Continue reading →

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writing course day four

Posted on April 6, 2013 by pat thomson

Today in the writing course we began with a shut-up-and-write about what needed to go in the methods section. • What does the journal’s community expect in this section? • What do readers need to know to trust what you … Continue reading →

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writing course day three

Posted on April 5, 2013 by pat thomson

The entire five hours today was spent on PowerPoint presentations. People had been asked to prepare a few slides which showed: 1. the name of the journal 2. the title of their paper 3. the big context that would connect … Continue reading →

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writing course day two

Posted on April 4, 2013 by pat thomson

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 →

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day one writing course

Posted on April 3, 2013 by pat thomson

My intention in these posts is simply to outline the activities in the course in case you want to try any of them for yourself. If I have time/energy I’ll add other bits too, but tonight is quite late and … Continue reading →

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I’m running a writing course…

Posted on April 1, 2013 by pat thomson

This afternoon I head off to Iceland to run a short writing course. I’ve decided that I’m going to blog about it as it happens. So rather than there being two posts this week, there will in fact be five … Continue reading →

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