Refining Your Academic Writing av Pat (University of Nottingham UK) Thomson

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<P>Revision is often taken as a largely instrumental process which happens after the real work of writing is done ¿ it is an unavoidable and tedious process. Refining by contrast is imaginative work, it requires craft, connoisseurship and courage, and builds knowledge about academic writing purposes and practices. <I>Refining Your Academic Writing</I> will help you complete your writing project and provides a reading, revising and rewriting repertoire that you can adapt and add to. It offers ways to think about revision and a basic tool kit which will help you to identify what needs your attention and why.</P><P></P><P>This accessible book draws on and extends some of the most heavily used posts on Thomson¿s popular academic writing blog Patter, as well as tried and tested writing workshops. Exercises and templates are grounded in research and theory on doctoral experience and academic writing. The wider context of academic writing is clearly explained, and the terms used to descr