How Can You Improve Your Academic Research Writing Skills- Tips for You

How Can You Improve Your Academic Research Writing Skills- Tips for You

Here are a few tips that will help you become a pro at academic research writing. By sticking to the tips mentioned below, you can always write a quality academic research paper on your own. However, keep in mind, research writing takes time.

1. Invest Time in Reading:

• The more you read, the more you learn
• Do not try to imitate someone else’s writing style and concentrate on developing your method of communication

2. Practice Makes Perfect:

• For starters, pick your topic and write 500 to 1000 words on a daily basis
• Don’t worry about the mistakes you are going to make as they will only help you improve

3. Be Clear and Concise:

• Whatever you write must make proper sense and should be free of any grammatical mistakes
• Vigilantly proofread your document both manually and through checking tools, e.g., Grammarly or Ginger
• Instead of using prolonged sentences, state your ideas in a very brief and to the point way
•  Avoid excessive verbosity

4. Do Not Drift Away From the Topic:

• Do extensive reading and research
• Stay true to the subject
• Search for only the relevant information.

5. Use Authentic Data:

• Make sure the facts that you are stating in your text are authentic
• Must back all facts with proper evidence
• Do not make up stuff on your own for the sake of completing the word count
• Do not state things that you do not know of

6. Say No to Plagiarism:

• Form your own opinion by all the research you conduct
• Must cite the source of all the ideas, words, and images you take from someone else’s work.

7. Do Not Over-Quote:

• Make sure to use the appropriate number of quotes throughout your paper
• Write the same idea in your own words
• Attribute it to its authentic source

8. Summarize:

• The abundance of information makes it hard to fit your writing in the allocated word count. Therefore, make sure to summarize your content without losing its central essence.

9. Proofread and Eliminate Unnecessary Information:

• Thoroughly proofread your content and make all the necessary adjustments
• Remove all the repeated or unwanted information
• You can also check it through online tools to catch every single flaw

Reference: https://studybreaks.com/college/research-writing-tips/

                                                                     By: Dr. Hafiz M. Kashif Saleem, M.D.