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Tag Archives: structure
Reference management and citation software
Back at the start of my first year, a member of Information Services led us through how to use EndNote to collect and manage references and sources, and I could see the joy it could bring to researchers. The amount … Read More
Tagged: application, citation, references, research, software, structure, thesis, writing
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Let’s Talk: Shaping Your Thesis for Publication
I began this blog with a short post on “Getting Published” http://www.jobs.ac.uk/blogs/language-and-literature/2011/04/27/let%E2%80%99s-talk-getting-published/. In that post I discussed the basic principles of why and how we as collective knowledge builders undertake this central scholarly activity. Today I would simply like to share some of my personal experiences of the difficult process of shaping a short 7000-8000 word article from my 95,000 word plus PhD thesis.
Tagged: being human, creative, critical, dialogue, doctorate, humanities, PhD, plotting, researcher, structure, writing
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World building with Mind Mapping
Generally, I use a text editor called, er, TextEdit to write on my Mac. There’s nothing but a simple white window, so I have fewer distractions. I found I needed a way to keep track of characters and locations, and … Read More
Tagged: application, creative, fiction, iphone, mindmap, mindmapping, plotting, structure, writing
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Hero Worship
Categories: Classics, Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Writing Tips
My supervisor asked me recently if I’ve started thinking about the critical account to accompany my novel yet. I have, but it’s at the back of my mind at the moment, as I’m concentrating on writing the book itself. I … Read More »