Academic paper

Dear friend,

I am sorry to hear that you are experiencing some difficulties with writing your academic paper. I have some experience in writing academically, and I would be glad if my tips could be of any help.  

My first tip I would like to give you is that you should keep in mind what audience you’re writing to and use the correct register. In academic you should always use formal language. In example you should never use contractions, such as shouldn’t and I’m, in formal writing.  

Secondly, you shouldn’t use first person narrative in academic writing. In example, words such as I, me, we, us etc. should be removed from academic writing.

              Furthermore, you should describe the theory you used for your analysis. Because people who do not have the same knowledge on the subject should also be able to understand your paper.

Another tip, the subject has to be clear for the reader, by only reading your introduction and your conclusion.  The introduction is a preview on what your paper is going to look like. You shortly write about your analysis and tell the audience what you will discuss in the other paragraphs. Your conclusion has to be short and clear. The conclusion should be an easy read. A mistake commonly made when writing a conclusion is that  all the results and things that went wrong are described again in the conclusion. What should be included in the conclusion is the answer to the main question of the paper.

These were all the tips I could think of at this moment. I sincerely hope I have helped you on your way to writing a great academic paper. If I come up with more tips I will let you know. I would love to read your paper when it’s finished.

Yours sincerely,

Baukje van der Meijden