At the Sound of Your Tone . . . Part 1
Contributed by Christopher Williams on 08 November 2006 at 10:52So. Two of the most elusive concepts in writing are tone and voice. Where grammar, content, and even organization are generally apparent in a paper, tone and voice are rather more ephemeral. They exist more as a general sense or feeling about a paper, rather than something specific that can be readily identified and circled. So how do you approach something as subtle as tone and voice can be?
Read more »Legal Advice for Writers
Contributed by Christopher Williams on 21 October 2006 at 10:23I just read an interesting post on the Web Development blog. It deals with some of the legal issues that writers, especially writers on the internet, sometimes face. I recommend giving it a look.
So. Your SAGES Paper Stinks Like a Fetid Pile of Bog Slime . . . Now What?
Contributed by Christopher Williams on 20 October 2006 at 10:26Okay, maybe your paper isn't really that bad, but you still have to do some revision. So how to you revise and edit a paper? Well, I have a few suggestions here from the SAGES Peer Writing Crew. I'll be posting them in serial here over this next week, so check back early, and check back often. These are not, of course, the only strategies for revision, but there might be something useful here that you haven't seen before.
Read more »Your Thesis can Smell your Fear
Contributed by Christopher Williams on 17 September 2006 at 23:24So. Thesis writing is hard. It is, in fact, so difficult that I spent a half-hour staring at my keyboard trying to start this blog entry. This post doesn't even have a real thesis! So no one can blame you if you have trouble writing a thesis. But we may be able to help.
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