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On writing titles – what do doctoral researchers need to know?

27 Wednesday May 2020

Posted by doctoralwriting in 2. Grammar/Voice/Style

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by Cally Guerin

I’ve been preparing a workshop that includes a short section on writing titles. It’s an area of writing that I’ve always found difficult myself, and I am full of admiration for those who come up with clever, witty, memorable titles that perfectly encapsulate the subject or argument of the piece of writing. Within a specific field of research, it can sometimes feel like all the journal articles have almost the same title, with tiny variations to point to their very specific focus and contribution to the conversation. What advice can researcher developers offer to doctoral writers? Continue reading →

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