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Story and research writing ift.tt/7pTZ1U3 via @ThomsonPat

Story and research writing

You often hear that writing about research is story telling. This is partly right and partly not. Partly not, because a lot of academic writing is better thought of as argument. Argument relies on …

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when your writing plan gets stuck ift.tt/iaqUrm1 via @ThomsonPat

when your writing plan gets stuck

There are load of reasons why planning doesn’t work. Life. Work. Other competing deadlines. Unexpected stuff. But sometimes our plans don’t come to fruition because of what we do. Or rather, what w…

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Planning and writing ift.tt/3pzv0uo via @ThomsonPat
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the planning fallacy and the PhD ift.tt/MzaKGOe via @ThomsonPat

the planning fallacy and the PhD

Planning. We all have to do it to get by. A lot of us hate it. Many of us overdo it. Some of us are serial planners while others make a plan and then sigh as it slips past.  This post is for t…

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five discussion chapter challenges ift.tt/s5IU3br via @ThomsonPat

five discussion chapter challenges

In everyday speech, a discussion is usually understood as an in depth treatment of a topic, a way to exchange ideas or a process of talking about something in order to reach a decision. An academic…

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making the case for your research ift.tt/9xhbkeE via @ThomsonPat
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useless ideas ift.tt/B6n9wa7 via @ThomsonPat

useless ideas

Frida Kahlo diary-sketchbook Sometimes I read a something that resonates. It doesn’t necessarily have an immediate application. The something is not useful. It just speaks to me. And I want to writ…

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academic writing as conversation ift.tt/RTLc0WQ via @ThomsonPat

academic writing as conversation

You’ll often hear that academic writing is entering a conversation. A journal article for example is an entry into an asynchronous conversation that has already been going on in the journal – or pe…

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AI and all that jazz ift.tt/GvYhRWb via @ThomsonPat

AI and all that jazz

So AI is producing academic writing that is pretty believable. The new byline is “written by Chat GBT et al”. What are we to make of this development? Here’s a bit of what I’m fretting about… Some …

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thinking about collaborations ift.tt/xn3IHFG via @ThomsonPat
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a note on acronyms ift.tt/IZT6yDM via @ThomsonPat

a note on acronyms

So have you seen that paper they mentioned in the meeting today? TL;dr TL? More like TMA;dr Eh? Exactly LOL. So there you have the issue with acronyms in a nutshell. As long as both parties underst…

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using jargon ift.tt/AT7MNOB via @ThomsonPat
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line editing – learning from editors ift.tt/zhKIvBr via @ThomsonPat

line editing – learning from editors

If you are writing a book, it is highly likely that the publisher will send your manuscript to an editor. Most academic publishers these days do not engage editors who do a lot of developmental and…

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five focusing questions to kick off some writing ift.tt/zCymiFI via @ThomsonPat

five focusing questions to kick off some writing

So you’re about to write a paper. Or a chapter. You’ve gathered together all of the stuff you think you need – analysed data, a short list of references to cite, some early jottings. Now you begin …

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revising – mark up your text to achieve focus ift.tt/DNT6Iho via @ThomsonPat

revising – mark up your text to achieve focus

There’s so much to say about revising. Even though I’ve just published a book on revising – shameless plug – I still have things I want to say about it.   The key message in the book is t…

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cutting and pasting early text into the thesis – part 2. ift.tt/CBwe2Kp via @ThomsonPat
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can you cut and paste early text into your thesis? ift.tt/ityQsO6 via @ThomsonPat
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developing a research agenda ift.tt/XFM0k4u via @ThomsonPat

developing a research agenda

So you’re thinking about how to develop a research agenda after your doctorate. This is often difficult to do. You’ve been down and dirty with the same question (and with all of the material you ge…

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getting to grips with PSA – Pre Submission Angst ift.tt/TtxEImK via @ThomsonPat
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writing on the fly ift.tt/GUrbjO9 via @ThomsonPat

writing on the fly

New year, new me. Well probably not. But 2023 me has been in a new place, working away from home and from the office. And I’ve been reflecting on what I want and need in order to write. I’m quite w…

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