How to Not Annoy Journal Reviewers
Want to publish journal articles during your Masters or PhD? You’ll need to get past the gatekeepers first: the dreaded journal reviewers. Typically, when you submit your article to a […]
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Throwback Thursday: 10 Secrets Known Only to Academic Writers
This post by Dr Anaise Irvine first appeared on Thesislink in March 2015. Despite all the writers who write about writing, there are still a few things that I think […]
Visualizing the ‘Through-Thread’
If you’ve read books / gone to workshops / heard supervisors talk about the thesis as a genre, you’ve almost certainly learned the importance of having a consistent line of […]
Throwback Thursday: Who are you Writing For?
This post by Dr Anaise Irvine first appeared on Thesislink in September 2015. How many people will read your thesis? It’s the impossible question. A few examiners, at least. […]
Don’t Break Up With Your Writing
In order to produce a thesis of 40,000 or 80,000 words, you have to be in a long-term relationship with writing. This isn’t a brief fling, in which you write […]
Join the Research Students Writing Group
Want to talk with other postgrads about your writing? There is a new Research Students Writing Group that provides student-led support for thesis writing. Get pumped to write by learning […]
Beyond the Writing Retreat: Self and Collective Learning and Fun
For me, it was my first time to join the AUT Writing Retreat in almost three years of my PhD journey. I thought I should join this programme in my […]
Criticising vs Critiquing
I don’t like confrontation. Don’t like stepping on toes. I don’t complain when I get bad service, and even in the anonymity of the internet, I don’t leave negative reviews […]
Writer’s Retreat: How I Wrote 5000 Words in 3.5 Days
Got the opportunity to go for the Graduate Research School’s Writer’s Retreat?? GO FOR IT! Want to know why? Well here’s why you must take this brilliant opportunity! I am […]
Writers’ Retreat November 2018
Twenty deserving students have recently returned from the latest Graduate Research School Postgraduate Writers’ Retreat at Vaughan Park in Long Bay. The group stayed at the retreat from 5-8 November, […]
Throwback Thursday: Writing for your Discipline
This post first appeared on Thesislink in March 2015. We’ve chosen a post about writing for today’s Throwback Thursday in honour of those of you starting your November #acwrimo challenge […]
Get Writing with #AcWriMo this November
If you’re currently looking to delve deeply into your thesis writing, then your timing is impeccable. November is #AcWriMo (Academic Writing Month), a time when academic writers band together online […]