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Tag: Drafting

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

academic culture, academic writing, Drafting, feedback
Pile of open books with paper and notes in the leaves and pens and pencils in the books

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

academic writing, arctic, Drafting, Editing, feedback, planning, Thesis, Writing

10 uses for terrible first drafts

On this blog, and in programs I’m involved in like Thesis Boot Camp and Shut Up and Write, we frequently … More

academic honesty, Drafting, Editing, PhD, productivity, Writing

This is not a test: discipline, the shitty first draft, and the real world.

A doctorate propels you towards the real world of scholarship. You will be a teacher, a researcher, an author. This is not a test. No-one else knows the answer to this stuff, that’s why you are making ‘an original contribution to knowledge’.

academic culture, article, completion, doctoral writing, Drafting, metaphor

Live blogging the article: 28 June

Yay! Yay! Yay! Happy, glorious, wonderful day! So, I failed to do all the research. I didn’t feel like I’d … More

academic writing, article, Drafting, Research
A red cabbage

Red Cabbage OR [Insert quote here]

One of the joys of my job is being allowed to ask academics, ‘How do you write?’ The answer, often … More

academia, Drafting, Editing, generative writing, habits, Writing

Writing ‘tics’

You may have noticed by now that I am big on drafting.  This weekend I was at Thesis Boot Camp … More

Drafting, generative writing, habits, Writing
Going up the mountain is slow, coming down is fast

The different stages of the writing process

Last week, I talked about the writing cycle being a trap for perfectionists when applied to each sentence, but really useful … More

Drafting, Editing, metaphor, PhD, Research, Writing

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