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Category: Creative Writing

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Starting an Academic Blog; What To Write About

Thinking about starting an academic blog? This post helps to identify some of the things you can write about and developing your style.

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#5amwritersclub, coffee, spice advice and … Michael Gove?!

I thought I'd start by setting myself a timed blog writing challenge this morning. Find out how I link, #5amwritersclub, coffee, cloves and Michael Gove. Did I manage to do everything in 1h 15mins?

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Creative Writing – Gael visits the lab

It's been a while since I've done some creative writing of my own. What follows is something I have wanted to post for a good month or so, but today is the day!

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Coming to terms with science communication and storytelling

Reading and interpreting a paper are two very different things. How does the process of storytelling help and hinder the scientific message?

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Hey! I'm Annette and I'm a mum of one and a postgraduate researcher at the University of Aberdeen. I love learning about new things and sharing them with the world, particularly knowledge management, plant and soil science, the world of research and things I've read along the way.

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