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Tips to Improve your Academic Writing
Academic writing can often leave students perplexed and confused due
to undeveloped writing skills. To succeed in this competitive world of
academic excellence, you need to develop good writing skills to
communicate your ideas with poise, power and clarity. The following tips
will help you improve your academic writing and allow you to achieve
better scores.
Write for Intended Readers
Academic pieces are usually written for highly educated individuals and
professionals having in-depth knowledge of the topic you are writing on. It
is advisable to focus on the primary points without spending time and
effort writing unnecessarily long introductory sections and wasting the
time of your audience reading information they are well aware of.
Be Firm on your Position
Crafting a thesis statement and writing supporting evidence of that
statement is the best writing strategy. Through this process you can
develop a compelling and persuasive written piece for publication.
Informational Pieces
Academic papers should be written for information not presenting your
opinion. By substantiating your conclusions in the paper with proper
evidence, you can add value to the credibility and authenticity of the
piece and ensure that your points are considered completely by your
readers.
Provide Supporting Evidence
In academic papers you should incorporate a complete list of sources
from which the data and information included in your paper have been
obtained. In fact, your academic piece should have complete
bibliographic data. This enables your editors and researchers to quickly
refer to the resources used by you and analyse the paper’s conclusions,
based on these resources.
Avoid Literary Jargons
Academic papers are crafted to educate and inform its readers. It should
not be embedded with flowery language, metaphors and analogies. It can
be distracting and may dilute the impact of the points made in the paper.
You must select language suitable to the subject matter - clear, precise
and to the point.
Follow Specific Writing Style
Academic papers adhere to a specific style and format for its acceptance.
You can invest in an appropriate style manual and comply with the
recommended style, it will add value to your quality of writing and most
likely the product will be more acceptable to the editors.
Don’t Forget to Edit
Editing is an ongoing and essential process when it comes to academic
writing. It should encompass content and format as well. Improving and
clarifying the material added in the paper ensures that it is precise as well
as persuasive. This can be done by fine tuning the existing wording and
discarding excess verbiage. By editing you can make your points more
effectively.
Proofreading is a Must
Do not be in haste to submit your academic projects without proofreading
it a number of times. You should carefully examine your papers for any
syntax, spelling or grammatical errors and make sure that the papers are
credible and cogent. It can also be done by hiring a qualified and
professional proofreading service that provides academic proofreading
solutions.
Hope you have gotten a fair idea about the tips that need to be
considered whilst writing an academic paper and expecting a high grade
too. So, next time you write any academic paper, you must not miss out
any of the above tips.
Contact us
 Please visit ProofreadMyDocument.com.au
 We’d love to hear from you and discuss your work.
 To receive a quote, contact us at info@ProofreadMyDocument.com.au
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Tips to improve your academic writing

  • 1. Proofread My Document Tips to Improve your Academic Writing
  • 2. Academic writing can often leave students perplexed and confused due to undeveloped writing skills. To succeed in this competitive world of academic excellence, you need to develop good writing skills to communicate your ideas with poise, power and clarity. The following tips will help you improve your academic writing and allow you to achieve better scores.
  • 3. Write for Intended Readers Academic pieces are usually written for highly educated individuals and professionals having in-depth knowledge of the topic you are writing on. It is advisable to focus on the primary points without spending time and effort writing unnecessarily long introductory sections and wasting the time of your audience reading information they are well aware of.
  • 4. Be Firm on your Position Crafting a thesis statement and writing supporting evidence of that statement is the best writing strategy. Through this process you can develop a compelling and persuasive written piece for publication.
  • 5. Informational Pieces Academic papers should be written for information not presenting your opinion. By substantiating your conclusions in the paper with proper evidence, you can add value to the credibility and authenticity of the piece and ensure that your points are considered completely by your readers.
  • 6. Provide Supporting Evidence In academic papers you should incorporate a complete list of sources from which the data and information included in your paper have been obtained. In fact, your academic piece should have complete bibliographic data. This enables your editors and researchers to quickly refer to the resources used by you and analyse the paper’s conclusions, based on these resources.
  • 7. Avoid Literary Jargons Academic papers are crafted to educate and inform its readers. It should not be embedded with flowery language, metaphors and analogies. It can be distracting and may dilute the impact of the points made in the paper. You must select language suitable to the subject matter - clear, precise and to the point.
  • 8. Follow Specific Writing Style Academic papers adhere to a specific style and format for its acceptance. You can invest in an appropriate style manual and comply with the recommended style, it will add value to your quality of writing and most likely the product will be more acceptable to the editors.
  • 9. Don’t Forget to Edit Editing is an ongoing and essential process when it comes to academic writing. It should encompass content and format as well. Improving and clarifying the material added in the paper ensures that it is precise as well as persuasive. This can be done by fine tuning the existing wording and discarding excess verbiage. By editing you can make your points more effectively.
  • 10. Proofreading is a Must Do not be in haste to submit your academic projects without proofreading it a number of times. You should carefully examine your papers for any syntax, spelling or grammatical errors and make sure that the papers are credible and cogent. It can also be done by hiring a qualified and professional proofreading service that provides academic proofreading solutions.
  • 11. Hope you have gotten a fair idea about the tips that need to be considered whilst writing an academic paper and expecting a high grade too. So, next time you write any academic paper, you must not miss out any of the above tips.
  • 12. Contact us  Please visit ProofreadMyDocument.com.au  We’d love to hear from you and discuss your work.  To receive a quote, contact us at info@ProofreadMyDocument.com.au Proofread My Document 4/1722 Logan Road Upper Mt Gravatt Queensland, Australia.