Freedom
Keep editor at bay
Edit only after 1st draft is complete
Wait a couple of days before editing
Structure
1. Introduction
2. Paragraphs
3. Conclusion
Style
Write without editing
What are you writing about?
Outline
Main problem
Map
Central concepts
Allows for shortcutting
Give context
Structure
1. Topic sentence
2. Development
3. Evidence
Introduction
Transition
Types
Extension
Reinforcing
Contrast
Examples
However
Examples
Examples
Moreover
Therefore
Similarly
Likewise
In contrast
Sign post
Detail what's coming
Driving in a city
Fluency
Between paragraphs
To central theme
Explore
Walk through
Focus
Only enough information
Don't bore the reader
My argument
Between paragraphs
KISS
Too much data confuses
Ask "is this needed"?
Description ---> Analysis --> Criticism --> Evidence --> Evalutaion
Sources
Back it up
Don't rely only on opinion
Stay skeptical
Think
Be skeptical
Critical
Don't trust
Don't copy
Recap
Open new topic
Helps to create
Too little data underwhelms
Wrap up
Opinion
Express only if relevant
Summarise main points
Return to main theme in intro
Suggest wider implementations
Future trends
Only express if you have touched on it earlier
Don't feel you need to give it
Reader
They kept going
Hard to lose them here
Sentence
Keep it light
Mimic rhythm of speech
Conversational
Easier to read
Read it out loud
Complex idea != complex sentence
Use punctuation
Breaks up complexity
Gives more context
Length #
Mix it up
Difference keeps interest
Words
Logical indicators
Examples
If
However
Therefore
But
Keeps it interesting
Favour shortness
Avoid
Jargon
Cliches
Economic
Words earn keep
Simple
Readability
Understandability
The idea is important #
Less is more
Allows importance of ideas to stand out more
Improves impact of idea
Be clear
Express idea
No need to spoon fed
Remove when revising
Simplify when revising
Trust self
Voice
Types
Active
The doer of the action
Passive
Receiver of action
The action itself
Lead with what's important
Prefer active
Nouns
Avoid qualifiers
Be careful in the choosing
Replace prepositiona
l phrases with prepositions
Examples
KISS #
Favour "about" over "with regard to"
Favour "by" over "on the part of"
Stating
Don't over
Dont under
Types
- Hard
- Explication
- Report
Types
Diagrams
Quotations
Unverified by hard evidence
Commoningly accepted as fact
State someone else's evidence
Weakest
Strongest
Numerical
Evidence can be used to improve flow #
Revision
Structure
Content
Cool-off before revising
Detaches you from content
Allows ideas to continue to form
Easier to spot what was actually written, not what you think is written
1st revision
Read it all before editing
Create notes
2nd revision
A clear structure
Mapped in intro
Fluency
Clear transitions
Clear topic sentences
Arguments
Add value
Clear
Enough depth
Delivered on promises introduced in intro
Show rather than tell
Demonstrate why arguments make sense
3rd revision
Grammar
Punctuation
Spelling
4th revision
Unnecessary material
Long sentences
Complex words
Active voice
5th revision
Read it out loud
Feel
Fluency