Getting started with writing is sometimes the hardest part to writing. Once we get into the zone, or reach our state of flow, the words start forming sentences in our minds and writing can feel effortless.But too often we spend…
In the academic blogosphere, there are fans and haters of starting with writing at the very beginning of your PhD.I started writing very early, and even though not much of that material has made it into my dissertation, I did…
As I was proofreading my thesis, I made a list of the most common errors that I encountered in my own writing.Creating a list of your own errors gives you some insights in your writing, areas of improvement and can…
I've spent significantly more attention to writing about writing in my posts this year, as I started the Writers' Lab. As I was preparing my thesis, and now am working towards my defense, writing felt like a suitable subject to…
Today, in the Writers' Lab, we are taking a deeper look at how to write persuasive content.Regardless of the style of writing, the ultimate goal of your writing is typically that Someone Somewhere does Something with your ideas.If, for example,…
When skimming through a paper, you typically read the abstract, glance over the introduction and conclusions and study the figures. However, when we write (and subsequently proofread) our papers, the figure captions are an often overlooked element of writing.By writing compelling…
My thesis, after the help of Mr KittyDo you have a plan for improving your writing?Or do you simply assume that one glorious summer morning, you will open your laptop, start typing your dissertation, and finish happily a few months…
As I was determining which journal papers I can write from my dissertation, and where to publish them I gathered a little list of interesting journals and their respective impact factors.For those of you in my field of research, here…
Before I started graduate school, and got acquainted with academic writing, I enjoyed writing poetry and short stories. Over the course of graduate school, I’ve documented my journey in this blog. These different styles of writing have merged into my…
Your first abstract has been accepted, and you are feeling overwhelmed with joy as you’ll be able to present your work for the very first time to an interested audience.But then you stop for a moment and realize that you’ll…
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