Plagiarism?Filter: I consider myself to be scrupulous about attributing the ideas of OTHERS in my academic writing. But what about recycling MY OWN writing - e.g. using, word for word, my own phrases or paragraphs from a previous presentation for a new one aimed at a different audience? Is this standard practice, or frowned upon? [more inside]
posted by Weng on Mar 30, 2009 - 28 answers

I don't like Microsoft Word much; it feels really bloated to me, and has so many features I never use. I've been looking for an alternative for some time. What word processor does the hivemind recommend for academic writing? [more inside]
posted by synecdoche on Jul 10, 2008 - 35 answers

Attention writers: I am writing some admissions essays and I have identified a decent extended metaphor to liven them up a bit. Unfortunately, even though I've rewritten it a dozen times, the essay's structure is terrible. What, structually, is the best way to make an extended metaphor work?
posted by trharlan on Feb 19, 2004 - 12 answers