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for students<\/a> | for scholars<\/a> | for pleasure<\/a>
blog<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This site is a resource for students and scholars in all disciplines. It is maintained by the Copenhagen Business School’s resident writing consultant, Thomas Basb\u00f8ll<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I have written a short paper that explains my approach here: \u201cHow to Write at University\u201d<\/a> (PDF). It is also available in Danish: \u201cBliv bedre til at skrive\u201d<\/a> (PDF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Art of Learning<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A series of eight talks about how to get the most out of a university education. We cover what it means to know something, how to improve your reading and writing skills, the arts of listening and talking, and even how to derive some pleasure from the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Craft of Research<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A series of twelve talks about research projects, mainly focused on the problem of writing a paper or thesis. We cover each major section of a research paper: introduction, background, theory, methods, analysis, discussion, and conclusion, and offer advice about how to conduct your literature review and how to approach the philosophy of science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Scholars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Writing Process Reengineering<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This collection of pages covers the major components of the approach to academic writing that I have developed over the years. I approach the writing process as the composition of series of paragraphs, which each supports, elaborates, or defends something you know, during prepared moments lasting twenty or thirty minutes. It organizes these moments into four eight-week periods covering 20 to 120 hours each to get you through the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Course<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This is a four-week self-study course that you can take at any time. It consists of 6 hours of video, 20 ten-minute podcasts, and an optional masterclass. I suggest doing at least 20 hours of writing on your own during the four weeks. If you follow the regimen to the letter, you will produce a complete 40-paragraph (up to 8000-word) draft of a research paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Pleasure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The blog<\/a> has given me an opportunity to write down my ideas as inspiration or circumstance seemed to require. In the nature of the genre, these are somewhat tentative ideas, expressed in an often improvised form, and should be considered works in progress, unfinished thoughts. In many cases, I wrote them in series, but I will link here only to a key post, from which it should be easy to navigate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To crib a line from Wittgenstein’s preface to his Tractatus<\/em>: I will be satisfied if these posts give some pleasure to people who read them with understanding. Or even with puzzlement. Pleasure is the main thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Is Inframethodology? <\/a>(2018)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Saying, Doing, Meaning<\/a> (2019)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Academic<\/a> Knowing<\/a> (2019)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Five Easy Paragraphs<\/a> (2023)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Methodology and Experience<\/a> (2021)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Robots, Rights, and Writers<\/a> (2022)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Composing the Moment<\/a> (2022)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

How They Must Write<\/a> (2023)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A Place to Care About<\/a> (2019)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

For Normal Writing<\/a> (2018)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Substance of the Craft<\/a> (2021)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Hamlet for Academic Purposes<\/a> (2019)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Place of Forms, Forms of Life<\/a> (2021)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

From the Ideal Paper<\/a> to the Just Word<\/a> (2022)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Rhetorical Stance<\/a> (2020)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Good Writing is the Creative Destruction of Bad Ideas<\/a> (2019)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Craft Skills and Guild Privileges<\/a> (2021)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

One Paragraph a Day for Four Weeks<\/a> (2023)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

How to Imagine Dragons<\/a> (2019)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

From Construction<\/a> to Imagination<\/a> (2020)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Writing in 4D<\/a> (2020)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A Bigger Iceberg<\/a> (2019)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Seven Little Disciplines<\/a> (2020)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Patron and the Iceberg<\/a> (2023)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Between  Writing Instructors and Content Teachers<\/a> (2019)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Literacy for Academic Purposes<\/a> (2018-19)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

De\/composition<\/a> (2021 [2014])<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Formation<\/a> (2015)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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for students | for scholars | for pleasureblog This site is a resource for students and scholars in all disciplines. It is maintained by the Copenhagen Business School’s resident writing consultant, Thomas Basb\u00f8ll. For Students I have written a short paper that explains my approach here: \u201cHow to Write at University\u201d (PDF). It is also available in … Continue reading Site Overview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7551","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inframethodology.cbs.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inframethodology.cbs.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inframethodology.cbs.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inframethodology.cbs.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inframethodology.cbs.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7551"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/inframethodology.cbs.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7850,"href":"https:\/\/inframethodology.cbs.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7551\/revisions\/7850"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inframethodology.cbs.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inframethodology.cbs.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}