Put your unconscious to work
After researching and planning, allow your unconscious to process the task overnight before you start writing.
Solvitur Ambulando
If you're stuck in your writing, go for a walk. The changes in your surroundings can trigger changes in your thinking.
Show or tell?
A big beginning tells the reader something while a small beginning shows the reader an image.
Finding the nugget of gold
Anna Barker I recently wrote a story for a collection I’m working on at the moment. It was going well — so well, in fact, that the short story grew and became a novella. I got to around 22,000 words,…
Make your text more readable
According to Dr Alison Yeung Yam Wah at the University of Surrey, who researches the writing strategies of academics, ‘readability’ is one of the key ingredients of successful academic papers. Yet academic writers frequently make their text hard to read…
You before me: prioritising the reader
The thesis writer has to think carefully about what the reader needs to know at any given point. For maximum impact, it has to be ‘you before me’ all the way from first draft to viva.
What should I do when I get stuck?
If you're stuck in your writing, try some freewriting to help liberate your thoughts and allow you to get on with it.
Introductions and conclusions
It's often best to write your introduction at the end, when you know exactly what is in your assignment.