Revive an Old Writing Project, or Let It Die?
Look candidly at your unfinished project. Is it a stepping stone, and completion will be allow you to move ahead? Or is it an obstacle that prevents you from moving forward? Find ideas to help you determine whether to revive that piece of writing or let it go.
Choosing digital tools for qualitative data analysis
Christina Silver explains why and how to use qualitative data analysis software to manage and analyze your notes, literature, materials, and data. Sign up for her upcoming (free) symposium!
How to present numeric data
Find tips to help you share your research and numerical findings.
PhDs, Publications, and Academic Careers
This list of books and articles include a range of discussions about academic and research careers.
How do you publish an open-access article?
Want anyone, whether or not they are associated with an institution that allows them access to an academic library? Learn about open access and how to publish your OA article.
Image Use and Reuse
Academic writing is not always writing! Pictures and media enliven our writing, and can be important for showing concepts and contexts.
How to Make a Cogent Argument
How and why should you argue in academic writing? Learn more from Dr. Alastair Bonnett, author of How to Argue.
Research Proposals: Writing Strategies and Ethical Considerations
This post includes tips about writing qualitative proposals excerpted from Research Design by Creswell and Creswell.
Writing for Journals: Editorials with Practical Suggestions
What do journal editors want? Read an open-access collection of editorials that offer practical suggestions about how to organize and write an article that will pass the review process and get published.
Academic Writing: From Global Authors to Global Readers
Safary Wa-Mbaleka, Arceli Rosario, and Anna Cohen Miller discussed opportunities and challenges for global researchers and academic writers in this roundtable discussion.
Organize Your Writing Projects
Celebrate Academic Writing Month 2023 by getting organized! Find open-access resources to help you avoid being distracted by details and lost files.
Use AcWriMo to reconnect with your desire to write
Jo VanEvery believes that a writing practice based on the desire to write and enjoyment of the intellectual challenge will produce the outputs you are under pressure to produce. Learn how in this post!
Learning to be Original: In the Age of AI, Students Need to be Taught the Skills of Innovation
AI can do a lot of things but it cannot do originality. Learn more from Dr. Alastair Bonnett, author of How to Be Original.
Qualitative Presentation Strategies
In this presentation, Dr. Linda Bloomberg explains how to think through key questions associated with presentation of qualitative findings, and walks through an example that demonstrates ways to align research designs with presentation strategies.
Managing and Writing the Doctoral Thesis or Dissertation
Dr. Linda Bloomberg offers detailed suggestions for getting organized and starting a dissertation or thesis.
If AI wrote your article, what would you lose? Some thoughts on wellbeing and writing
Connect or reconnect to the joy of writing with these tips from Dr. Katherine Firth.
The Link between Critical Reading, Thinking and Writing
How can critical thinking skills help you write more precisely? In this post Dr. Alex Baratta offers some practical tips.
Philosophy of science and doctoral research design: The case of the Idea Puzzle software.
Learn how to design and defend your PhD research with the Idea Puzzle software from Ricardo Morais.
Writing The Ethnography Quartet
Between 2015 and 2022 Paul Atkinson produced four books about ethnography. How and why did that happen, and what did he want to achieve? Learn about this quartet of books.