Drafting Papers: The Abstract 2" Providing all the critical information in the Abstract can often seem difficult, since many points could usually be included, but word...
Drafting Papers: The Title 1" Writing a paper can seem an overwhelming task initially, since there are many points to include, and it may seem very difficult to...
Quick Guide to Thesis Writing" Writing a thesis well is simple if you know how. There are three aspects: * structure * substance * style but all three are entwined....
Expressions to be Avoided in Writing a Scientific Paper or Thesis" Lindsay [1] gives ten categories of cumbersome expressions that should be avoided in writing a scientific paper or thesis. These are...
Hartmann’s Hints for Thesis Writing" Listed below are hints on writing the PhD thesis, gleaned from a seminar at University of Western Australia [1], with points made...
Lindsay’s Laws of Thesis Writing" Think. Plan. Write. Revise. This is the cycle of scientific writing. Messy thinking leads to messy writing: cluttered, obscure and...
Attikiouzel’s Aphorisms* for Thesis Writing" Writing is not a linear process but a cyclic one. What appears first may be written last, with the benefit of hindsight and a unified...
Write with the Reader in Mind!This article is suitable for secience & engineering students " All communication involves two parties: the sender of the message and the...
Does an Engineering Thesis Need a Hypothesis?This article is suitable for secience & engineering students " What is the hypothesis? The hypothesis is all important. It is the...
Myths about Academic Writing" Though I don’t imagine an episode of MythBusters will be based on the misconceptions about writing we are about to look at, you’d still...