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Want to inject energy into your writing? Try turbocharging your verbs to make your writing more powerful - James McConnachie explains how.
Top Tips offers useful techniques to improve writing gathered from the experiences of Consultant Fellows as they help students and staff.
Top Tips offers useful techniques to improve writing gathered from the experiences of Consultant Fellows as they help students and staff.
Want to inject energy into your writing? Try turbocharging your verbs to make your writing more powerful - James McConnachie explains how.
When you start a new assignment, try to allow yourself the freedom to think creatively about it, in a relaxed way.
Switching nouns to their verb form can energise your writing.
Nothing is more paralysing than speaking to people who know more than you do about the very thing you’re speaking about. Students sometimes write badly for a related reason. They write with defensive terror, knowing the person reading the essay…
How can you quickly grasp the essence of an article and work out if it will be useful to you? First, read the abstract, which summarises the article. Check the introduction and then the conclusion. If the content appears relevant,…
To make your writing clearer, try to bring the verb close to the subject of your sentence.
I’m always reading about the tyranny of the blank page, the terror of starting something new. But once you’ve got going, when you’re drafting, and especially when you’re editing, the blank page can be your friend. When I can’t see…
If your writing is littered with long, complex sentences, try to divide them so they are shorter and clearer.
To proofread, try printing out your work double spaced and in a different typeface.