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Why journal articles are rejected original ↗

29 Jan 2024

the IMRaD structure is rarely enough original ↗

22 Jan 2024

There are no writing “rules”original ↗

15 Jan 2024

2023

festive season original ↗

17 Dec 2023

the slow paper original ↗

11 Dec 2023

publishing in top ranked journals original ↗

4 Dec 2023

write short to help write with authority original ↗

27 Nov 2023

a letter to reviewer 2 original ↗

20 Nov 2023

you’ve submitted, now it’s wait time original ↗

13 Nov 2023

creating a writing mood original ↗

6 Nov 2023

criticality in the PhD – nine things to avoid original ↗

30 Oct 2023

Writing a journal article – 8 steps to So What and Now What original ↗

23 Oct 2023

finding your favorite writers original ↗

16 Oct 2023

Help! Someone’s working on my topic original ↗

9 Oct 2023

keeping up with the literatures original ↗

2 Oct 2023

Why write?original ↗

25 Sept 2023

Saving words – check your citations original ↗

18 Sept 2023

can you write too much about literatures?original ↗

11 Sept 2023

can you have too much signposting?original ↗

5 Sept 2023

too many words for my reader original ↗

28 Aug 2023

patter is 1000 original ↗

21 Aug 2023

how many words in a chapter – convention and purpose original ↗

14 Aug 2023

I have too many words – why is this a problem? original ↗

7 Aug 2023

the wheel approach to literatures work original ↗

31 Jul 2023

literatures work- find an energy saving mode original ↗

24 Jul 2023

summer time – but is the living easy?original ↗

17 Jul 2023

academic writing – it’s a lot original ↗

10 Jul 2023

writing conclusions – getting the stuff sorted original ↗

3 Jul 2023

a letter from your writing original ↗

26 Jun 2023

when opportunities knock original ↗

19 Jun 2023

it’s all Greek to me… and academic writing original ↗

12 Jun 2023

story and academic writing – the question of pace original ↗

5 Jun 2023

Story structure 2 – research writing original ↗

29 May 2023

Story and research writing original ↗

22 May 2023

when your writing plan gets stuck original ↗

15 May 2023

Planning and writing original ↗

8 May 2023

the planning fallacy and the PhD original ↗

1 May 2023

five discussion chapter challenges original ↗

22 Apr 2023

making the case for your research original ↗

17 Apr 2023

useless ideas original ↗

10 Apr 2023

academic writing as conversation original ↗

3 Apr 2023

AI and all that jazz original ↗

27 Mar 2023

thinking about collaborations original ↗

20 Mar 2023

a note on acronyms original ↗

13 Mar 2023

using jargon original ↗

6 Mar 2023

line editing – learning from editors original ↗

27 Feb 2023

five focusing questions to kick off some writing original ↗

20 Feb 2023

revising – mark up your text to achieve focus original ↗

13 Feb 2023

cutting and pasting early text into the thesis – part 2.original ↗

6 Feb 2023

can you cut and paste early text into your thesis?original ↗

30 Jan 2023

developing a research agenda original ↗

23 Jan 2023

getting to grips with PSA – Pre Submission Angst original ↗

16 Jan 2023

writing on the fly original ↗

9 Jan 2023

2022

on alt writing original ↗

19 Dec 2022

does the find-a-journal beta service work?original ↗

12 Dec 2022

academic writing knowhow – setting the scene original ↗

5 Dec 2022

the end of AcWriMo – now what?original ↗

26 Nov 2022

revising drafts – #AcWriMo original ↗

21 Nov 2022

Are long sentences always bad? #AcWriMo original ↗

14 Nov 2022

not writing as usual #AcWriMo original ↗

7 Nov 2022

Ten quick ideas for refreshing your writing #AcWriMo original ↗

31 Oct 2022

one key thing about making notes original ↗

24 Oct 2022

small scholarly worlds original ↗

17 Oct 2022

not reading everything original ↗

10 Oct 2022

unlearning – a tiny reflection original ↗

3 Oct 2022

is academic writing changing?original ↗

26 Sept 2022

academic writing – from Tiny Text to road map original ↗

19 Sept 2022

academic writing – from a bunch of stuff to text outline original ↗

12 Sept 2022

the dictionary is (sometimes) your friend – starting the PhD original ↗

5 Sept 2022

route recalculation – starting the phd original ↗

29 Aug 2022

the bibliomemoir – a musing original ↗

22 Aug 2022

setting goals – starting the PhD original ↗

15 Aug 2022

writing a lot – starting the PhD, and finishing it original ↗

8 Aug 2022

unlearning who you are and what you know? starting the doctorate original ↗

1 Aug 2022

starting the doctorate – finding good advice original ↗

25 Jul 2022

forced rest original ↗

18 Jul 2022

how to talk about writing…original ↗

11 Jul 2022

a book about style and form original ↗

4 Jul 2022

last-minute proofing – 12 things to look for original ↗

27 Jun 2022

patter’s diary original ↗

20 Jun 2022

should you highlight the paper you’re reading? original ↗

13 Jun 2022

propositional density – a helpful steer on writing and revising original ↗

6 Jun 2022

using the progressive disclosure principle in academic writing original ↗

30 May 2022

anonymisation – what’s in a name?original ↗

23 May 2022

everyday annotation original ↗

16 May 2022

my supervisor expects me to keep revising – why?original ↗

9 May 2022

why journal articles get rejected – #3 original ↗

2 May 2022

finding debates and discussions in the literature original ↗

25 Apr 2022

why journal articles are rejected #2 original ↗

18 Apr 2022

why journal articles get rejected #1 original ↗

11 Apr 2022

what’s a post PhD research plan, or research agenda?original ↗

4 Apr 2022

tackling writer’s block original ↗

28 Mar 2022

what is an audit trail and why do you need one?original ↗

21 Mar 2022

what does ” connect your work to an ongoing conversation” mean?original ↗

14 Mar 2022

familiarity and peer review original ↗

7 Mar 2022

book writing – on introductions and some-we-prepared-before original ↗

28 Feb 2022

concluding well – part 2. on back rows and beautiful houses original ↗

21 Feb 2022

concluding well, part 1 – the big air problem original ↗

14 Feb 2022

dislodging stuck writing original ↗

5 Feb 2022