Last week, I headed up to Canberra to hang out with my How to Fix your Academic Writing Trouble co-authors and hold … More
Tag: academic writing
Who am I writing this article for?
You know how it is. You’ve been working on an article forever, but it just isn’t working. You need to … More
Research story ‘arcs’: the ‘Heroes Journey’ and other stories
I’ve been doing a bit of a deep dive into stuff I know about writing because of my English Literature … More
Tense about tenses? A grammar guide and a coffee mistake
Getting your tenses right in academic writing can make people feel quite anxious, because it goes very quickly from ‘so … More
Tiny text, narrative outline: A new storytelling planning technique
You know I love Kamler and Thomson’s Tiny Texts–and we talk about them at length in our Academic Writing Trouble … More
‘Learning to be a co-author’ over on Research Whisperer
I am currently working on three book projects with three different teams, and that has led me to think carefully … More
A thesis has shape as a tree has shape: Imperial Gardens, legitimacy and editing
This is a reflection on the form of a writing genre and what that means. I started thinking about it … More
An early draft is a fragile flower
By the time your academic writing is ready to be published, it’s a tough nut, a rose hip, a thick-skinned … More
Who is this article for? Finding your audience.
For every article (or book chapter), you need to understand who you are writing for to write a strong abstract, … More
How many drafts should you write?
There are no right answers here, but the true answer to the question ‘how many drafts should I expect to … More
