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Writing Skills for
Doctoral Students
Kathy Neff
The Writing Process Prewriting Writing Rewriting
The Five C’s Common Errors APA
Documentation
TOPICS
WRITING WORKS
ONLY
WHEN IT WORKS
FOR THE
READER.
REMEMBER THIS:
THE WRITING SITUATION
Purpose Audience Due Date Content Format Length Documentation Style
WRITING IS FIRST AND FOREMOST A THINKING TASK
Knowledge Comprehension Application ANALYSIS SYNTHESIS EVALUATION
WRITING AND THINKING
What IS good writing?
SO…..
COMPLETE
CLEAR
CONCISE
CORRECT
COMPELLING
Characteristics of Effective Writing
HOW DO YOU START TO WRITE?
PREWRITING
WRITING
REWRITING
THE WRITING PROCESS
Generate ideas
Do research
Organize ideas
Plan content and structure
Purposes of Prewriting
Prewriting
Brainstorming
Free Writing
Mind Mapping
Branching
Reporter’s Questions
Cubing
Outlining
Writing
Just
DO it!
Do just IT!
REVISE
EDIT
PROOFREAD
Rewriting
“DATA”
“SIGNIFICANT”
“THEIR”
COMMON ERRORS
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
COMMAS
DOCUMENTATION
Citations
No URLs Author (or title) and
Year Page/paragraph
numbers with quotations
Punctuation after citation/parentheses
Personal communication
Reference Page
Alphabetical order Hanging Indent Author name Capitalization in
titles Formatting in titles
Integrate sourceinformationsmoothly!
DOCUMENTATION SANDWICH
Lead in or signal phrase
In-text citation
Information from a source
AcknowledgesAgreesArguesAsserts BelievesClaims ConcludesConfirms
ContendsDemonstratesDescribes
EmphasizesExplains FindsIllustrates Indicates
Maintains NotesObserves Points
outProves QuestionsRecognizes
RecommendsRefutes RejectsRemarks ReportsSays ShowsStates
SpeculatesSuggests Supports
VERBS YOU CAN USE
Purdue Online Writing Lab http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
Diana Hacker Bedford Handbook http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/
bedhandbook7enew/Player/Pages/Main.aspx
Brian’s List http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/
errors.html
ONLINE RESOURCES
QUESTIONS?