On Writing

On drafting

Steven Pinker

Advice for avoiding common but flawed drafts

Seeing your draft in a new light: revision

On the art of drafting

Five Things...

Five things you can do to improve your writing

On clarity

The Curse of Knowledge

How to achieve clarity

How to check for critical writing

On key parts of the essay

How to set the right tone

How good is your introduction?

How good is your conclusion?

Advice for sketching a working introduction

Advice for planning the body of your paper

Advice for writing your conclusion

The University of Melbourne

How to write beautiful paragraphs

On using quotes

Can I use ‘I’ in my essay

What are signposts

When should you start to write?

Why and how should you quote?

How to evaluate an author’s ideas positively

Scientific papers

Be careful with this video. It is not aimed at IB layout, for example you will not need to write an abstract. As always please check in your subject specialist supervisor.

On the whole essay

Has your teacher ever said "you need better flow?" These documents (plus those above) provide insight to finding an answer to that classic teacher comment.

The Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater

How to write critically, conceptually and creatively

Review a piece of critical writing as a model

Common errors in critical writing

Self Check: Evaluating your writing for critical thinking

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