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Are you unsure what your report should look like or how you’ll ever finish it in time? Are you freaking out about starting on an extended piece of writing? Help is here! In this handy little book, you’ll find expert guidance to enable you to produce a successful report or dissertation. With a focus on developing an effective writing style and argument, this book shows you, step-by-step, how to plan and deliver a perfect piece of writing to gain top marks. Open up to find advice on: • What makes dissertations and reports distinctive • Organising your time and materials • Finding the right planning method for you • How to structure your writing successfully • Writing good sentences, paragraphs, sections and chapters. Read this book and you’re on your way to writing a great report or dissertation! SAGE Study Skills are essential study guides for students of all levels. From how to write great essays and succeeding at university, to writing your undergraduate dissertation and doing postgraduate research, SAGE Study Skills help you get the best from your time at university.
Producing
For the vast majority of your writing time you will not be giving the process much thought. This is not the result of carelessness; it is simply that you have no need to think about it. As you write there is a running narrative in your head, as you speak to your reader and transfer it into words on the page. Your mental narrative will be in your ‘writing voice’ rather than your normal speaking voice, but it will still, generally, be effortless. Because we all have the ability to write in this way, often even if we are writing in our second language, I do not propose to work through with you every aspect of the English language and how it can ...
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