a) You want to plan a writing project, but you don’t have a clear overview of all that goes with it?
Take a look at the step-by-step guide to academic writing:
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b) Do you find it difficult to put your thoughts into words and to activate a writing flow?
Try the freewriting strategy:
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c) Do you want to explore possible content and connections in your text?
The lightning-fast research proposal can help you with this:
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a) Are you lacking ideas?
Get started and create an association chain with clustering:
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b) Are you missing clarity and focus in your work?
Try our handout for developing a research question:
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c) Are there several different topic aspects that might be relevant?
With this writing strategy, you can specify your topic:
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a) Maybe you are trying to do too much at once?
With the tomato time method, you can divide big tasks into smaller ones:
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b) Does the path to the end of your degree look unclear and far away?
Then milestones can help you to phrase interim goals:
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c) Are you missing an overview of what the writing process encompasses?
Take a look at the step-by-step guide to academic writing:
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a) Does everything seem to be important for your project?
Here you can find out how to develop a research question that will help you decide:
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b) Do you find reading difficult overall?
This is fully understandable - it will become easier with a goal-oriented reading strategy:
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c) Is it not quite clear which information you actually need?
Try specifying your topic to get a better overview:
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a) Do you have a feeling that every word should be perfect from the very beginning?
With the freewriting strategy, you can allow yourself to write without overthinking:
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b) Would you like to explore your thoughts and delve into them while writing?
Give the writing relay a try:
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c) Do you tend to be self-critical while writing?
Start a dialogue with your critical voice:
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a) Do you want to review and identify the key aspects of your work?
The cornerstones of an academic writing assignment can help you with this:
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b) Do you want to gain an overview of what you already know and where uncertainties remain?
The lightning-fast research proposal can help you with this:
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c) Do you want to know whether the function and content of your text sections align with each other?
Use the structure check as a reviewing tool:
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a) Do you need an overview over different components that could make up your text?
Use the structural elements to gain clarity:
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b) Would you like to explore how your sources, research question, method etc. interact with each other?
The cornerstones of an academic writing assignment can help you with this:
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c) Is it because you are uncertain about a source you want to work with?
The CRAAP-test could be the solution:
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a) Do you want to know if function and content of your text passages match?
Use the structure check as a tool for revision:
> Handout Structure Check (PDF-file, not barrier-free)
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b) Is it because you lost track of what really lies at the core of your paper?
Try our instructions to develop a research question:
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c) Can you differentiate between what's truely necessary and what's nice to have?
Try narrowing down your topic:
> Handout Specifying your topic (PDF-file, not barrier-free)
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