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10 academic writing skills I wish I had learned as a PhD student (with updated links) A thread ⬇️ 🧵 for PhD students and junior scholars:
1. Reading skills
Reading fiction remains the best way to become a better writer; “If we wanted to grow roses, we would want to visit rose gardens and try to see them the way that a rose gardener would”
Reading fiction remains the best way to become a better writer; “If we wanted to grow roses, we would want to visit rose gardens and try to see them the way that a rose gardener would”
2. The uneven u is a great way to think about level of abstraction in paragraph construction:
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4. Clarity
“Always try to lift yourself out of your parochial mindset and find out how other people think and feel”
“Always try to lift yourself out of your parochial mindset and find out how other people think and feel”
5. Storytelling
This book is full of great tips to turn your article into a better story
This book is full of great tips to turn your article into a better story
6. Ezra Zukerman's thoughts on genre will help you develop your article’s hook dropbox.com
7. Reviewing
99.9% of academics learn reviewing on their own. Some become great reviewers. Reviewing skills:
Lepak, D. 2009. Editor's comments: What is good reviewing? Academy of Management Review, 34: 375-381.
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99.9% of academics learn reviewing on their own. Some become great reviewers. Reviewing skills:
Lepak, D. 2009. Editor's comments: What is good reviewing? Academy of Management Review, 34: 375-381.
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8. Dealing with rejections
Oxford ran a great workshop on dealing with rejections. Their resources here: shorturl.at
And my own thoughts:
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Oxford ran a great workshop on dealing with rejections. Their resources here: shorturl.at
And my own thoughts:
@juliencayla/this-academic-life-why-are-paper-rejections-so-painful-a8f9b1ec7d2c" target="_blank" rel="noopener" onclick="event.stopPropagation()">medium.com
9. Continuous learning
The BASE framework will help you diagnose your writing weaknesses and how to overcome them:
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The BASE framework will help you diagnose your writing weaknesses and how to overcome them:
writersdiet.com
10. Teaching and mentoring
My syllabus on academic writing as craft, in case you want to teach academic writing:
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My syllabus on academic writing as craft, in case you want to teach academic writing:
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let me know if this works @pla_gioia
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