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Category Archives: writing

1. Dealing with rejected papers and revise-and-resubmits (R&Rs) with purpose December 25, 2017

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2. Writing Without Bullshit: Boost Your Career by Saying What You Mean (my reading notes) December 23, 2017

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3. 3 strategies to catch up when you fall behind on your writing November 4, 2017

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4. On the importance of gradually building an academic writing practice November 1, 2017

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5. Professors as Writers (Robert Boice) – my reading notes September 6, 2017

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6. Air & Light & Time & Space – How Successful Academics Write (Helen Sword) – my reading notes August 26, 2017

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7. Write It Up! (Paul Silvia) – my reading notes August 26, 2017

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8. How to Write A Lot (Paul Silvia) – my reading notes August 26, 2017

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9. Stylish Academic Writing (Helen Sword) – my reading notes August 25, 2017

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10. On Writing Well (William Zinsser) – my reading notes August 25, 2017

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11. Four strategies to help build an academic writing routine July 29, 2017

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12. Becoming an Academic Writer (Patricia Goodson) – my reading notes July 8, 2017

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13. A step-by-step guide to writing a research paper, from idea to full manuscript June 30, 2017

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14. Writing a memorandum based on a synthetic note May 27, 2017

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15. They Say/I Say: The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing (my reading notes) May 13, 2017

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16. Distinguishing between description and analysis in academic writing May 7, 2017

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17. Writing an annotated bibliography April 28, 2017

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18. #GetYourManuscriptOut #SendOutFortNight (April 15-30th, 2017) April 13, 2017

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19. Using prompts to motivate writing: Five strategies to get some words out March 8, 2017

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20. Reverse-planning (backcasting) a paper (or a research project) December 31, 2016

    Posted in academia, productivity, research, research methods, writing.

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21. Mind mapping as a strategic research and writing tool December 22, 2016

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22. On doing the grunt work in academia November 6, 2016

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23. Using #AcWriMo to develop a daily writing practice October 29, 2016

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24. Using the rhetorical precis for literature reviews and conceptual syntheses October 24, 2016

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25. Granular planning and The Rule of Threes October 19, 2016

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