5 Dos and Don’ts for Academic Writing

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In this video, I offer some general tips about academic writing.

The dos and don’ts I expand on are as follows:

Don’ts
• Don’t write until you have a clear plan
• Don’t use casual language (slang, colloquialisms, jargon)—use formal
language
• Don’t submit your first draft (on a second draft reduce word count at
least 5 to 10 percent)
• Don’t turn it into a personal narrative—keep it objective (avoid I, my, me)
• Don’t have extra-long paragraphs

Do’s
• Make sure you know the structure and style of what you’re writing
(summary is not the same as a paper or book review or lab report)
• Assume your reader is not an expert in the subject matter—make your
ideas clear, write to a layperson
• Use more verbs and in the active voice unless there is a specific
reason/function for using the passive
• Check your pronouns and make sure that it is always crystal clear what
they refer to
• Cite—using others’ ideas without crediting them is plagiarism


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