How To Become A More Effective Academic Writer: The “Then What” Trick -How To Be A Better Researcher Video
Academic writing is difficult for most people. I struggle with it myself. However, after years of writing I have learned a few tricks to improve my own writing, both in terms of improving my output, and as well as coming up with more creative ideas. In terms of defining an effective academic writer, I define this in terms of writing output and creating novel ideas. This might be producing more academic ideas quickly and more easily.
How do you become a more effective academic writer? I focus my discussion of academic writing on writing research papers and articles. This video is intended for senior level undergraduate students who are thinking of pursuing graduate studies, graduate students, and current PhDs.
There are two levels of academic writing. The first level is simply what I define a ‘bullwork.’ This is where you cover all of the material that is asked of you. For example, writing introductory paragraphs, conclusions, and such. There’s a great deal of Mundane work that needs to be done, in fact the majority of writing a paper is mundane. You simply have to just do that, and everyone goes through it. As the old saying that passed along among academics 80% of any paper should not be novel.
The second level is the creative aspect. This is where you entice the reader, whether the reader is your professor or an academic reviewer. Some people believe that you simply just fill in the research gap. However, I would extend this and suggest that you should answer the question, “And, Then What?” repeated. For example, let’s say you have identified a research gap that suggests A leads to B. rather than go out and make an argument for A leading to B, you should ask yourself why is the research gap there, and what is the implication. A classic example of this is what Coase (1937) did. In his classic work, he posited that it was curious that firm’s existed. Much of the earlier work suggested that markets were efficient at surviving our needs, but then he posited, if that were the case, then why do firm’s exist? If he would have just simply carried on with the fact that markets were efficient, he would not have made the insights that he did, and change the course of organizational economics. Then, once you identify this curiosity, you then ask what are the implications of that curiosity and how can that exist.
The key to being an effective academic writer is combining both of these skills - doing the bullwork (80% of the work) and making the creative insight (20% of the work).
References:
Coase, R.H. 1937. The Nature of the Firm. Econometrica. 4(16) 386-405.
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