Refining your academic writing : strategies for reading, revising and rewriting / Pat Thomson

By:

Thomson, Pat [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Routledge, c2023Description: 227 pages ; 19 cmISBN:

9780367468767

Subject(s):

ACADEMIC WRITING

LOC classification:

LB 2369 .T46 2023

Contents:

Introduction -- Why 'Refining'? -- Refine With Attitude -- Start at the Beginning -- See Your Whole Text -- Strengthen Your Argument -- Make Your Text Trustworthy -- Write With Authority -- Stating Your Case -- Quote and Cite Wisely -- Find Your Flow -- Tackle Turgid Prose -- Check Your Idiosyncrasies -- Delight Your Reader -- Afterword: Tests and Checklists.

Summary: This book will help you complete your writing project and provides a reading, revising, and rewriting repertoire that you can adapt and add to. It offers ways to think about revision and a basic tool kit which will help you to identify what needs your attention and why. This accessible book draws on and extends some of the most heavily used posts on Thomson's popular academic writing blog Patter, as well as tried and tested writing workshops. Written with a light touch, this is ideal reading for doctoral and early career researchers, this book provides strategies needed to support the writing revision process.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National University - Manila	LRC - Graduate Studies General Circulation	Master of Science in Psychology	GC LB 2369 .T46 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000019058

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book will help you complete your writing project and provides a reading, revising, and rewriting repertoire that you can adapt and add to. It offers ways to think about revision and a basic tool kit which will help you to identify what needs your attention and why. This accessible book draws on and extends some of the most heavily used posts on Thomson's popular academic writing blog Patter, as well as tried and tested writing workshops. Written with a light touch, this is ideal reading for doctoral and early career researchers, this book provides strategies needed to support the writing revision process.

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