"Explorations of Style" by Professor Rachel Cayley (U of Toronto) is a goldmine of tips on academic writing.
Below is her detailed advice on how to use writing to clarify your thought processes:
Below is her detailed advice on how to use writing to clarify your thought processes:
1. Start writing as early as possible to figure out what you actually want to say:
explorationsofstyle.com
explorationsofstyle.com
2. How to reuse your own texts in new ways:
explorationsofstyle.com
explorationsofstyle.com
3. How to use exploratory writing to deal with the discomforts of uncertainty:
explorationsofstyle.com
explorationsofstyle.com
4. How to make sure your early drafts don't become unmanageable:
explorationsofstyle.com
explorationsofstyle.com
5. What we talk about when we talk about writing:
explorationsofstyle.com
explorationsofstyle.com
6. On the importance of writing things down before you forget:
explorationsofstyle.com
explorationsofstyle.com
7. Writing IS thinking:
explorationsofstyle.com
explorationsofstyle.com
8. How to polish your initial drafts
explorationsofstyle.com
explorationsofstyle.com
Found this thread helpful?
1. Scroll to the top and retweet the first tweet to share it with your friends and colleagues.
2. Follow Prof. Cayley @rachaelcayley for more tips on academic writing.
3. Follow me @MushtaqBilalPhD for regular threads like this.
1. Scroll to the top and retweet the first tweet to share it with your friends and colleagues.
2. Follow Prof. Cayley @rachaelcayley for more tips on academic writing.
3. Follow me @MushtaqBilalPhD for regular threads like this.
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