Academic writing refers to a :
Like specialist languages adopted in other professions, such as, law or medicine, academic writing is designed to convey agreed meaning about complex ideas or concepts for a group of scholarly experts.
Academic Writing. Writing Center. Colorado Technical College; Hartley, James. Academic Writing and Publishing: A Practical Guide. New York: Routledge, 2008.
Seems simple enough-just start, just put pencil to paper but that blank page? It can be intimidating.
The 2 sites below will help.
Brad Gregory: Managing the Terror
Lynn Hunt: How Writing Leads to Thinking
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