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- 130 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
50 Ways to Excel at Writing
Stella Cottrell
About This Book
This highly practical book will inspire and motivate students to shape new habits and develop a winning approach to writing. Each of the 50 'Ways' in this book is a starting point, offering suggestions of things to do and think about, alongside opportunities to reflect on, choose and commit to new ideas and actions. It will help students to find the writing routines and strategies that work for them, develop their writing style and fine-tune their assignments with a critical eye. Additionally, it supports students in identifying their weaknesses and taking steps to address them. Whether your students are in their first or final year, this indispensable resource will support them in building the writing skills they need to succeed at university and beyond.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- About this book
- How to use this book
- Shape new habits and ways of thinking
- Why excellent writing matters for students
- Writing as an employability skill
- Writing strategies are highly personal
- What to write â not so âpersonalâ
- Where are you now?
- Using advice and support services
- 1 Make the commitment
- 2 Think of yourself as a writer
- 3 Nurture a great piece of writing into being
- 4 Build your relationship with the process
- 5 Generate ways to practise
- 6 Find your passion!
- 7 Place the space
- 8 Find your voice as a writer
- 9 Master the conventions
- 10 Know your stuff!
- 11 Use great resources
- 12 Gift yourself more time
- 13 Feel the reluctance and write anyway!
- 14 Get organised!
- 15 Seize your genius!
- 16 Strengthen your weakest links
- 17 Write to the set âbriefâ
- 18 Be a critical reader
- 19 Consider multiple perspectives
- 20 Take a position
- 21 Strengthen your word power
- 22 Get blogging
- 23 Be rigorous with references
- 24 Critique your own writing
- 25 Broaden your reading horizons
- 26 Work the word allowance
- 27 Use mindfulness techniques
- 28 Draft. Review. Redraft.
- 29 âCut!â: Be a stern editor
- 30 Use models of excellence
- 31 Start again!
- 32 Write with economy
- 33 Bring clarity and precision
- 34 Develop effective inner commentary
- 35 Share (graded) assignments
- 37 Invite and utilise feedback
- 38 Perfect your paragraphs
- 39 Gain inspiration
- 40 Be aware of your reader(s)
- 41 Find your writing heroes
- 42 Bring a touch of elegance
- 43 Be a script architect
- 44 Fellowship of the pen!
- 45 Build your writing stamina
- 46 Get to the point!
- 47 Be curious about language
- 47 Increase your technical proficiency
- 48 Proofread with eagle eyes
- 49 Get your muscles moving!
- 50 Celebrate new skills and attributes
- Quick style guide for academic writing
- Homophones to watch out for
- Habits shaper: Track your good intentions
- My progress so far
- List of 20+ benefits I can gain from improving my writing âŠ
- Where to find out more
- References and bibliography
- Index
- Notes