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3 Ways to Make ChatGPT Your Friendly Editor the writing newsletter Feb 14, 2023

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7 Challenges To Write Research Papers Faster (And How To Overcome Them) the writing newsletter Jan 17, 2023

I want to address seven challenges to writing research papers faster in this issue of my writing newsletter. If you want these in your inbox every...

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How to write a good revision for CHI (and rebut some reviewer requests) the writing newsletter Nov 10, 2022

1. Read the paper reviews, then sleep on them

After receiving your reviews from the CHI conference, be sure to read the paper reviews first. This...

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13+ tips to make you a better academic writer and a strategy for CHI abstracts the writing newsletter Sep 08, 2022

Happy September to everyone in this writing community. Welcome back to another fresh issue of The Writing Newsletter from Professor...

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How to write a strong discussion section for your CHI paper the writing newsletter Aug 20, 2022

Discussion sections are often considered by reviewers to be the make-it or break-it moment of your paper. Here, you show that you can synthesize...

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Master Introduction and Paragraph Strategies Now (Writing Newsletter #3) the writing newsletter Jul 07, 2022

Happy July. Thank you again for subscribing to my The Writing Newsletter. I hope you are enjoying the Summer (or Winter in the Southern...

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