Revising your writing: topic sentence paragraphs
November 15, 2024
One of the helpful revision tips I’ve picked up from Rachael Cayley’s book Thriving as a graduate writer is to construct topic sentence paragraphs.
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What I do when I’m feeling unproductive
October 11, 2023
Last week someone asked me what I do when I’m not feeling productive. I realised I have a few different strategies I use, and that they vary
Theme of the year: enjoy
January 27, 2023
At the start of a new year, many people resolve to change behaviours and achieve goals: get healthy, stop eating so much chocolate, write more. But
Books on qualitative research: Rocking qualitative social science by Ashley Rubin
January 24, 2023
I’m just starting the third year of my PhD in sociology, and in that time I’ve read more than a few books on doing qualitative research. I’ve
Finding pleasure in writing
November 3, 2022
I recently read Helen Sword’s Air & light & time & space: how successful academics write. The title is based on a poem by Charles Bukowski, which
The Supernote e-ink tablet is my favourite device
August 16, 2022
Last September I bought a Supernote A5X — an e-ink tablet with an A5 screen size. I’ve used it nearly every day since, and it’s become my favourite
Writing the abstract first: a method for structuring a journal article or thesis chapter
June 26, 2022
It’s common advice to draft abstracts (and introductions) last — how can you know what you’re going to say until you’ve written it? But one of the
Mixing money and love
May 3, 2022
A little while ago, I saw a post on the AITA sub-reddit asking what people thought about his de facto partner telling him that she would have a baby
Lessons from my first year as a PhD student – the importance of writing
April 6, 2022
I’ve just come up on my first year of my PhD, and one of the main things I’ve learned is how important writing is. At one level this is obvious —
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