Revision is often taken as a largely instrumental process which happens
after the real work of writing is done - it is an unavoidable and
tedious process. Refining by contrast is imaginative work, it requires
craft, connoisseurship and courage, and builds knowledge about academic
writing purposes and practices. Refining Your Academic Writing will
help you complete your writing project and provides a reading, revising
and rewriting repertoire that you can adapt and add to. It offers ways
to think about revision and a basic tool kit which will help you to
identify what needs your attention and why.
This accessible book draws on and extends some of the most heavily used
posts on Thomson's popular academic writing blog Patter, as well as
tried and tested writing workshops. Exercises and templates are grounded
in research and theory on doctoral experience and academic writing. The
wider context of academic writing is clearly explained, and the terms
used to describe text refinement build understanding while challenging
taken-for-granted assumptions about revision, editing and proof-reading.
Written with a light touch, this book is ideal reading for doctoral and
early career researchers, and provides strategies needed to support the
writing revision process.
The 'Insider Guides to Success in Academia' offers support and
practical advice to doctoral students and early-career researchers.
Covering the topics that really matter, but which often get overlooked,
this indispensable series provides practical and realistic guidance to
address many of the needs and challenges of trying to operate, and
remain, in academia.
These neat pocket guides fill specific and significant gaps in current
literature. Each book offers insider perspectives on the often implicit
rules of the game - the things you need to know but usually aren't told
by institutional postgraduate support, researcher development units, or
supervisors - and will address a practical topic that is key to career
progression. They are essential reading for doctoral students,
early-career researchers, supervisors, mentors, or anyone looking to
launch or maintain their career in academia.
