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▶Essay writing / academic skills Comrade 2020-12-21 (Mon) 05:26:10 No.4166>>4176 >>4177

Hey /e/Im a brainlet prole that recently got a scholarships to university, and Im wondering if there are any resources that you could recommend to improve general academic skills with an emphasis on essay writing. I've done a general scan for books and courses on libgen and TPB. But I wanted to get some advise with a left perspective. When I say brainlet I mean dyslexic and when I say prole I mean any unskilled job I can land (bar work, kitchen work, construction, etc.) My degree is in healthcare and administration.

▶Comrade 2020-12-21 (Mon) 05:26:10 No.4167

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Its a fence sitting degree that allows me to specialise during or take a masters/honors in nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, or go into medicine.

▶Comrade 2020-12-21 (Mon) 05:26:10 No.4168

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v3uiCBUZfERemember to make quotations and use language correctly, and following a framework like this will make it easy for the examinator to give you a good grade.

▶Comrade 2020-12-21 (Mon) 05:26:11 No.4169

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Thanks. Nice and easy-to-remember essay structure.

▶Comrade 2020-12-21 (Mon) 05:26:11 No.4170>>4182

I recommend reading Writing without Teachers by Peter Elbow. I would upload it here but for some reason this is the only board where you can't post PDFs.

▶Comrade 2020-12-21 (Mon) 05:26:11 No.4171>>4182

There is actually a book by the horror author Steven King, On Writing. I've seen lots of praise for it even by people who are not King fans and I also read that the advice in it is not specific to just writing fiction.

▶Comrade 2020-12-21 (Mon) 05:26:11 No.4172

>>438>>473I'll give these both a sus.

▶Comrade 2020-12-21 (Mon) 05:26:11 No.4173

>>474Sorry but not everyone agrees with your first pick, English As She Is Spoke.

▶Comrade 2020-12-21 (Mon) 05:26:11 No.4174

>>440?

▶Comrade 2020-12-21 (Mon) 05:26:11 No.4175>>4180 >>4182

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Part of good writing is simply writing a lot. The more you write, the more mistakes you will catch, and the more you will learn to recognize those mistakes before they happen. Writing a lot is all about developing good approaches and habits towards writing. I work in a science and I have atrociously unproductive habits towards writing and I found this short, easy-to-read book helpful.

▶Anonymous Comrade 2020-12-21 (Mon) 05:26:11 No.4176>>4180

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>>4166 (OP)
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/umberto-eco-how-to-write-a-thesis/

Link to book: http://www.libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=F3B385E7E734FC7008A57CC70F2D1BAA

▶Anonymous Comrade 2020-12-21 (Mon) 05:26:11 No.4177>>4180

>>4166 (OP)
bump
i'm about to take a job in transcription and would also like to know how to write things better

▶Anonymous Comrade 2020-12-21 (Mon) 05:26:11 No.4178

I can't concentrate on writing. I'm not interested in writing novel but I'd like to write a few essays and yet I can't concentrate for shit. Any tips?

▶Anonymous Comrade 2020-12-21 (Mon) 05:26:11 No.4179

a good university should offer free writing workshops, either as an official program for the whole faculty, or as smaller, student-driven initiatives by individual departments. also, make friends with people in humanities degrees that involve a lot of technical writing - tutoring is essential to seriously improving your skills.

▶Anonymous Comrade 2020-12-21 (Mon) 05:26:11 No.4180

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