The bi-monthly newsletters below compile some of the best ideas I’ve gathered from extensive study and experience in teaching and editing academic writing. This is just the beginning. As an ongoing project, the newsletters will be discussing the following subjects:
- Common grammar mistakes and how to correct them
- Mastering academic phrasing
- Why so many academics stink at writing and how you can avoid that
- Revision strategies that really help improve your writing
- How to deal with ‘writer’s block’ and overcoming burn-out and exhaustion
- Strategies for turning your dissertation research into journal articles and monographs
- Writing in the social sciences and resisting ‘acadamese’ and ‘jargon’
- And many, many other topics. . . Stay tuned! Subscribe!
Recent Newsletters
‘Cut the Fat’ From Your Writing
By Steve Knox | help4researchers.com | October 2019 Newsletter In their classic The Elements of Style, Strunk and White provide writers many strategies and tips
Part 3: Over-Nominalization
Awkward, cumbersome noun phrases are probably the biggest culprit in academese creep. The English language is remarkable for its versatility—nouns can become verbs, verbs can
Part 2: Techniques to Eliminate Bad Writing and ‘Acadamese’
Stage two of revision occurs after you have fully developed the logic and flow of the structure and argument to your satisfaction. It’s now time
Part 1: ‘Unstinking’ Bad Writing With Effective Revision Strategies
I’ve just read Steven Pinker’s article “Why Academics Stink at Writing”, and am feeling even more frustrated as an academic editor. Why? I’d like to
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