Ever the connoisseur of writing strategy and style, I have encountered enough advice and discussion that I could probably change my dissertation topic to the analysis of the modi operandi of academic writers. I’ll stick with my current dissertation topic for now, but some of this advice needs to be shared with as many interested people as possible, such as that from the Writing Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The handouts they have created offer valuable advice for academic writers at all levels. Of the most useful for my purposes has been the handout on writing dissertations, of course.
Receive some enlightening advice after the jump.
Cynthia Van Maanen is a contributor to the Quantitative Peace blog and researcher in political science.