How do you get from “pre-research” to search, and then research?

Last time I posted about “pre-research”, I talked about moving from pre-research into searching and then researching for a literature review. I…

Start making Done lists instead of To-do lists

I’ve mentioned ‘done lists‘ before, but as it’s the beginning of the year, I thought it was time to remind…

We all know academic writing “shouldn’t quote Wikipedia”… but what we often get wrong is why it’s not ‘the done…

So How to Fix your Academic Writing Trouble has just arrived in the publisher’s warehouse, which means it’s nearly ready to send…

Back in September, I did a thread on Twitter that a lot of people found helpful about how to start…

This is a reflection on the form of a writing genre and what that means. I started thinking about it…

By the time your academic writing is ready to be published, it’s a tough nut, a rose hip, a thick-skinned…

For every article (or book chapter), you need to understand who you are writing for to write a strong abstract,…

When you start a PhD, you are doing something you’ve been practicing for a long time, studying, and you’ve…

There are no right answers here, but the true answer to the question ‘how many drafts should I expect to…