Purdue OWL Academic Writing
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Purdue University's writing lab explains the rhetorical situation, argument construction, logical fallacies, paragraphing, conciseness, sentence variety, and active versus passive voice. Working through it gives you a working grasp of how scholarly prose is built and revised.
More resources on Academic Writing
Writing in the Sciences
Stanford's online course on clear scientific prose, taught by Kristin Sainani. Covers cutting clutter, active voice, paragraph structure, the parts of a research manuscript, peer review, grant writing and publication ethics, so learners can draft and revise papers that read clearly.
How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper (Project-Centered Course)
Project-centered course from École Polytechnique in which learners outline a complete research paper of their own, select a suitable journal, and build a pre-submission checklist. Suited to graduate students and researchers with an existing project who want to publish it.
Pat Thomson's Patter
Pat Thomson, Professor of Education at the University of Nottingham, posts regularly on the craft of scholarly writing: structuring arguments, abstracts, literature reviews, journal submission and revision. Readers pick up concrete tactics for drafting and revising research prose.
They Say / I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing
Graff and Birkenstein present academic argument as a set of rhetorical templates for summarizing what others claim and staking out your own position in response. You finish able to frame claims, concede, and counter in scholarly prose.
How to Write a Lot
Silvia, a psychology professor, argues that scholarly productivity comes from scheduled writing time rather than inspiration. Covers setting goals, tracking output, running a writing group, and revising journal articles and books. You leave with a concrete writing routine.
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