Academic Writing

5 Ways To Make Your Writing Assignments Better
Communication
August 13, 2020

5 Ways To Make Your Writing Assignments Better

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Kathy Charmaz, 1939-2020: Developer of Constructivist Grounded Theory
Impact
July 29, 2020

Kathy Charmaz, 1939-2020: Developer of Constructivist Grounded Theory

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March 9, 2020

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Academic Writing Needs More from Me, Myself and I
Communication
March 5, 2020

Academic Writing Needs More from Me, Myself and I

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A Renaissance Primer on Academic Writing

A Renaissance Primer on Academic Writing

Stoyan V. Sgourev, possibly the only management professor teaching (and indulging in) art history, argues that many of the key principles that guided the evolution of painting during the Italian Renaissance can be usefully applied to the domain of academic writing. Leonardo quite likely never intended to articulate advice on writing as an intellectual activity, but Stoyan borrows generously from his style and writings in formulating a number of basic principles that can help connect with the reader in a similar way to his paintings.

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Why Academic Writing is Dry and Boring by Necessity

Why Academic Writing is Dry and Boring by Necessity

The necessity of rigorous if uninspiring academic writing is perhaps best illustrated with the story of a prominent 18th-century intellectual named Franz Anton Mesmer. He believed that illnesses were caused by blockages that interfered with the healthy flow of magnetic fluid through the body.

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What’s the Best Day to Submit an Academic Article?

What’s the Best Day to Submit an Academic Article?

Large data sets can now be quickly analyzed to assess whether or not certain features, previously deemed unimportant, can actually affect the chances of a research paper being accepted for publication. In this post, James Hartley looks at new research on weekly submission dates.

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Six Things We’ve Learned About Academic Writing Productivity (and Satisfaction)

Six Things We’ve Learned About Academic Writing Productivity (and Satisfaction)

Writing satisfaction is strongly linked to publishing productivity and, potentially, career success. Chris Smith reports on research investigating the tools and systems academics from all career stages use to keep writing and publishing. Age, experience, and having a sense of certainty about what sort of writing system suits you and your life are all important to productivity and overall satisfaction.

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How to Tell a Story in Your Research Paper

How to Tell a Story in Your Research Paper

People love stories. We watch, read, tell, and listen to stories every day. Despite this, most researchers don’t think in terms of story when they write a journal paper. To Anna Clemens, that’s a missed opportunity, that she helps solve so that we may be ready to write a paper that is concise, compelling, and easy to understand.

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Patricia Goodson on the POWER of Better Academic Writing

Patricia Goodson on the POWER of Better Academic Writing

A combination of influences — practice, classroom and POWER — has made Patricia Goodson’s book ‘Becoming an Academic Writer: 50 Exercises for Paced, Productive, and Powerful Writing’ a winner for many academics around the world, and now the Textbook & Academic Authors Association has awarded Goodson’s book with one of its 2018 Textbook Excellence Awards. We talk to the author about writing, both her own and perhaps yours!

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Open Writing is the Necessary Precursor to Open Science

Open Writing is the Necessary Precursor to Open Science

The new Open Writing project aims to open academic writing practice to reflections and experiments with the actual process of writing, with a view to creating new, open research products that have an impact on peers, public and policymakers.

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Two Decades After Sokal, Is Academic Writing Any Better?

Two Decades After Sokal, Is Academic Writing Any Better?

Many academics still operate under the flawed logic that good writing must be complex writing (or vice versa).

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