tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480726588109312163.post2795220596572243894..comments2024-01-30T13:58:55.130+11:00Comments on The RED Alert: What's your favourite academic writing text?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13665039261183177128noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480726588109312163.post-6715136174851378462015-11-24T21:16:56.618+11:002015-11-24T21:16:56.618+11:00[Posted on behalf of Caitlin McDowell]
Caitlin Mc...[Posted on behalf of Caitlin McDowell]<br /><br />Caitlin McDowell in occupational therapy. The book 'On Writing Well' by William Zinssler is helpful for students to improve the clarity of their writing. I heard about it through a fantastic free online course through Stanford university called 'Writing in the Sciences'.Tseen Khoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10234196095245703998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480726588109312163.post-38997293267733876792015-11-23T15:36:15.215+11:002015-11-23T15:36:15.215+11:00Kirsty Macfarlane - PhD Students in Politics. I...Kirsty Macfarlane - PhD Students in Politics. I've recently gone back to two books by Hugh Kearns & Maria Gardiner which I received last year - 'The Seven Secrets of Highly Successful Research Students' and 'Turbocharge Your Writing - How to Become a Prolific Academic Writer'. These books are short and concise, so they give me a quick dose of 'this is what I should be doing' to keep me on track, without allowing me to procrastinate for too long. Their advice is spot on i.e. 'Be realistic', 'Say no to distractions', and aim for 'Two golden hours', and I find these books interesting and engaging because the authors write in a friendly, conversational tone and weave personal stories into the text. Kmac082https://www.blogger.com/profile/08956146682252510309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480726588109312163.post-75680198911992164002015-11-23T13:33:27.898+11:002015-11-23T13:33:27.898+11:00Ingrid Wilson PhD candidate at Judith Lumley Centr...Ingrid Wilson PhD candidate at Judith Lumley Centre. If I had to recommend one writing book - Belcher 'Writing your journal article in 12 weeks' breaks it down and helps with the overwhelm, and forces/encourages you to be realistic. But you could spend your whole thesis time reading books about how to write a thesis. The harsh reality is 'JUST DO IT' (no brand endorsement intended).Scruffy Dreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07572478397116515508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480726588109312163.post-16716576603705318432015-11-19T17:04:03.084+11:002015-11-19T17:04:03.084+11:00Pedro Flores Tenorio PhD candidate in Environmenta...Pedro Flores Tenorio PhD candidate in Environmental Economics. The book that I recommend is the one of Carey and Evans(2012) cited by Greg, because it gives you a framework to plan and organise your writing and time. However, some of the recommendations of the book , I couldn't followed because of logistic issues. Fortunately. I think that now RED is giving us very good support to implement the good strategies suggested in the book.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07014774572702366764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480726588109312163.post-91484749055925180672015-11-19T13:14:19.539+11:002015-11-19T13:14:19.539+11:00Oonagh E Bodin, Gastrointestinal microbiology PhD ...Oonagh E Bodin, Gastrointestinal microbiology PhD student. The book I recommend is slightly different, its not a "self-help" book of academic writing but its one that inspired me when I needed a push to push-through and continue my PhD. Giulia Enders "GUT: The inside story of our body's most under-rated organ". <br /><br />I stumbled upon this book in the Melbourne airports bookshop as the #1 book of the week, whilst on my way to present my own gut research at a conference in Brisbane! Ender is (also) a PhD student studying microbiology and found there just wasnt enough information out there, for the general public, regarding the organ that is so important to our everyday life! Ender takes you through a journey of discovery in such a way that is enticing for both the general public and the scientific community! To me this book brought together everything that I find intriguing about the gut in a simple manner yet still retained all the science involved! To top it off the final chapter includes pages of references that she used when writing her book (several of which I found were my favourite articles by leading gastrointestinal researchers). Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115288010442439549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480726588109312163.post-79080142119940115472015-11-17T21:19:28.452+11:002015-11-17T21:19:28.452+11:00John E Pierce, Speech Pathology. The Thesis Whisp...John E Pierce, Speech Pathology. The Thesis Whisperer's e-book "How to tame your PhD" admittedly goes beyond just the writing. It's a collection of the best/most popular posts from the blog and is a good whirlwind tour of how to approach writing, thinking, studying during candidature. Because it's in blog form it's in short, easy to digest sections.<br /><br />The other is "Authoring a Ph.D.: How to Plan, Draft, Write and Finish a Doctoral Thesis or Dissertation". It is a lot denser with advice on writing than the above book so better to pick and choose the elements to read. But it goes into how to structure sentences, paragraphs (I thought I knew this), chapters, the whole thesis, how to organise your thoughts and review. There are sections of it rewritten in blog form at https://medium.com/@write4researchAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17872614711357151581noreply@blogger.com