What to do with lists
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
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.
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
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
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,
Here is some advice I recently gave a doctoral candidate. They had just had a draft of their introduction chapter torn to shreds by their
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
In the last few weeks, things capital-c-Changed. So welcome to the jam-packed blog-of-all-things. It’s long. Also, this is a pretty emotional and momentous post, so
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
Okay, to start with—now, today—perfectionism might be your biggest problem. It won’t let you finish anything. It prevents you from starting anything. You can’t
