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How to Fix Your Academic Writing Trouble: A Practical Guide
Open University Press
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 20. November 2026
Book
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978-0-335-25329-6 (ISBN)
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Description
In the five years since this book was originally published, the world of the writer has changed drastically. We now have robots that can write prose for us, but do they do as good a job as humans? In this extensive update of our original, best-selling book on dealing with academic writing, we show you how to respond to feedback and find your academic voice, both with and without the help of generative AI tools that will write for you. In this new writing world, it is more essential than ever that we understand how good academic writing works and how to produce it with the minimal amount of pain. While some say writing is becoming a dying art, we think the opposite will happen. The ability to recognise good writing and produce your own crisp, clear text will become more and more prized. Tools like chatbots that generate text, while powerful, need to be used carefully and ethically by academic writers so that readers continue to trust academics as professionals. In this book, we show you how to take control of your writing and communicate clearly and effectively with any academic audience while fostering your own unique academic voice.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
ISBN-13
978-0-335-25329-6 (9780335253296)
Content
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: you may have academic writing troubles, but you can fix them!
2. 'Waffle': improving readability by managing your extra words
3. 'Your writing doesn't sound very academic': how to convince your reader you belong
4. 'Your writing doesn't flow': making your text coherent and fluent
5. 'Uncritical!': taking a stand in your writing
6. 'Where's your discussion section?': structuring your work as a whole
7. 'You didn't do your pre-writing': Writing along the way
Conclusion
References
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: you may have academic writing troubles, but you can fix them!
2. 'Waffle': improving readability by managing your extra words
3. 'Your writing doesn't sound very academic': how to convince your reader you belong
4. 'Your writing doesn't flow': making your text coherent and fluent
5. 'Uncritical!': taking a stand in your writing
6. 'Where's your discussion section?': structuring your work as a whole
7. 'You didn't do your pre-writing': Writing along the way
Conclusion
References