Talking about Ideas: A Conversational Approach to Academic Writing for the Rest of Us

How can professors and graduate students improve academic writing through conversations? We generally speak before we write. At least, to my knowledge, nobody has ever been born knowing how to write in APA…

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“Argument Clinic”: How do you Recognize and Make an Argument in an Academic Book?

In the classic Monty Python sketch Argument Clinic, a man played by Michael Palin approaches a receptionist and says "I'd like to buy an argument." After paying for it and entering the next…

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Read more about the article “Remember the coinage!” Why a central concept is so important to your academic book
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“Remember the coinage!” Why a central concept is so important to your academic book

While still in graduate school, after reading a book of mutual interest, I turned to my mentor and asked his opinion of it. He said that he thought the material was good. However,…

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