How to turn your Arts or Humanities thesis into journal articles
Whatever the format of your PhD, you can adapt your work to publish it in academic journals.
Successful endings
It's useful to think of endings as looking in one of three different directions: look back; look forwards; look beyond.
Smooth your reader’s journey
Provide guidance for your reader to help them to navigate smoothly through your document without losing the thread of your argument.
Make your writing flow
Flow is never a problem if you know what your argument is, you can identify the points and you know which order they should take.
Working with your word limit
Cherise Saywell When coaching students nervous about the blank page, I’ve often used the word limit as a technique for getting started. A big project, such as a PhD thesis, is less intimidating once you break it down. For example,…
Writing a paper? Be aware of your reader
Anne Wilson When I ask researchers how they read journal articles, most say they read the title, abstract and possibly the first sentence or two. Then they skip to whatever has drawn them to the topic. It might be the…
Who is the protagonist?
Deciding who is the protagonist helps you tell your story with greatest impact.
A mixture of metaphors
It's helpful to discover which conceptual metaphors work for your own writing.
A bird’s-eye view
Use the Navigation Pane in Word to help you check the structure of your work.