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patthomson.net major revisions? don’t tinker… The email arrives. Major revisions. Your heart sinks, and then you feel slightly better because you haven’t been rejected. The editor thinks there’s a paper in there. And the reviewers … 
patthomson.net the lightbulb test I’ve got a soft spot for academic writing jokes. Here’s one. How many academics does it take to change a lightbulb? The hedger: “This paper tentatively suggests that, within the li… 
patthomson.net write with the criticism you’re afraid of What do you do if you have a bit of a writing block? Sometimes not being able to generate a sentence is the problem. But just as often it’s not – you have the ideas but something else is st… 