Reversing the Outline
So reverse outlines are super simple, and super powerful. Basically, instead of writing a detailed, paragraph-level plan before you start writing, you do the writing
So reverse outlines are super simple, and super powerful. Basically, instead of writing a detailed, paragraph-level plan before you start writing, you do the writing
I’ve often said in talking to candidates and students and researchers I work with, “You can’t over signpost”. But I’ve found that isn’t clear enough,
Okay, editing, or structuring, definitely seems to be a Voodoo thing. You ‘get’ it, or you don’t; and if you don’t… then you are left without
A student emailed me with a question about how to use lists strategically in his writing. I tend to use many lists in my writing
Some people write too tightly, their texts are too small, too cramped. Their problem is to get enough words. I have advice for you already.
So posting over here on Research Degree Voodoo has gone a bit quiet over the last few months because I’ve gone back to uni myself.
The University of Otago LibGuides recommends… these resources for “Managing your literature”, two of them from this blog. You know how to manage your references,
Sometimes you can’t write anymore because you are finished. Really, that last chapter is never going to be part of your thesis. Mid-summer is high
How often does this happen? You spend three weeks crafting a draft, editing it, polishing it, explaining what you mean. You hand it in to
We all have them–those terrible sentences. The great, gnarled, nasty, tangled, incomprehensible, half-a-paragraph-long sentences. I certainly do. And today, I’m going to tell you 3
