Questions tagged [research]
Questions about how to conduct research, and how to incorporate your research into your writing.
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Citations while writing a summary
My professor has me doing a paper that will be a summary of five different sources covering a specific mental disorder. Will I need to use citations from the information I am summarizing or will I ...
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How to detect if a research team is outsourcing writing to increase paper publishing?
I have suspicions of a situation where a Computational Science research group is using paid writing services (outsourcing, using AI or human services) to increase their publication ratio in scientific ...
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In terms of a research question, how many research articles is too few to answer it and how many research articles is too many?
I need to write a paper in 4 weeks with at least 7 annotated bibliographies and 3 of them from JSTOR or EBSCO. The word limit is 2000-2200.
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Tips on writing a character with bipolar disorder
I am writing a novel about a young man who is grieving the loss of his mother. He's also been diagnosed with bipolar 2 disorder in the last two years.
I really want to do his character justice, and I ...
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Are there good books/references that list things that might have been politically dangerous to do during medieval times?
Are there good books/references that list things that might have been politically dangerous to do? I see webpages about tropes and they're helpful for quickly finding out what kind of plot elements to ...
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How do I define something for a research paper that has a subjective defintion?
I'm tasked with writing a research paper and a lot of the evidence will be using "Cooking News Websites". My PI told me to think of ways to define what a "Cooking News Website" is.
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How to write an occupation/career that I don't know?
English is not my first language.
I feel the obvious answer is just research, but I'm talking about very specific jobs in a different timeline.
My main character is from Colombia 1950s and is an ...
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Is scientific writing equal to research paper writing? [closed]
I am just not sure if scientific writing is same as research paper writing.
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Good resource for medieval customs/vocabulary?
I’m writing a fantasy novel that, though not strictly set in medieval times, certainly draws quite a bit of customs, vocabulary, etc., from medieval times, specifically medieval England.
Up until now, ...
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Is academic proposal ghostwriting ethical?
I wondered on the ethics of academic ghostwriting and withdrew from a paid contract based on the discussion here.
Now, the agency said they "understand" my position but asked if I could take ...
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How do you write a character that has a different worldview than your own?
I'm trying to figure out how to write a character that has a radically different worldview from my own while still keeping it logically consistent. I know there are a lot of questions about how to ...
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How to write believable characters of professions I'm not familiar with?
I'm quite familiar with certain groups of people. In my career I often dealt with scientists, actors and artists. Therefore I'm quite confident describing such people in my stories. I am familiar with ...
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When writing an American Indian character, how to ensure an accurate and sensitive portrayal as a cultural outsider?
(Similar question can be found here, but I think mine is broader in scope, as that question only asks about names.)
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I've been tinkering away at a few of my short story ideas with a friend ...
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Should I skip the research to get to the writing?
I have compiled about a hundred books to read before I start writing a book I have planned, and feel I'll never write the book if I take the two or so years to read all the books first. Should I skip ...
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A location for a big event
My novel I am writing has a Queensland, Australia castle in it, Paronella Park. I did research and I’m using facts, except my characters paid extra to stay inside the castle (which I understand that’...
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Some usual military sayings [closed]
Can anyone please show me some common military sayings used in the 1800s (or 1900s)? I found some sentences but they are all new...
My story takes place before the invention of airplanes, missiles, ...
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What kind of alternative or futuristic energy source would you come up with? [closed]
I'm writing a sci-fi novel and am having a hard time coming up with a new energy source that DOESN'T revolve around the widely popular "nuclear" option everyone favors so much. I've tried ...
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What is the difference between a thesis statement and a research question?
I am writing a paper for a class and I am asked to include a thesis statement and a research question in the introduction, however, I feel like I don't have a clear picture of the difference between ...
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How to write less like a student and more like a researcher?
I'm writing my first academic paper, and the feedback I got from my supervisors was that my writing sounds more like a student report than a scientific paper.
What advice would you give a student when ...
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What's the best way to find every word commonly physically contiguous in real life to another word? [closed]
What's the best way to find every word commonly physically contiguous in real life to another word? By that, I mean every parts typically found on a ship or an ancient ship such as sail, mast, aft, ...
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What level of understanding should you have of Quantum Physics to write a hard science fiction novel?
What level of understanding should you have of Quantum Physics to write a hard science fiction novel? And how should you learn Quantum Physics in order to be able to write a hard science fiction novel?...
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Distorting historical facts for a historical fiction story
So, I'm writing fiction but in it, historical events, such as wars between the French and British, are taking place. But, after doing research, it's looking to be difficult to squeeze my little ...
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Skipping chapters due to lack of resources
I am writing a historical fiction book. I do not have access to historical records/documents/historians so I tend to skip chapters saying I will write them later because I do not have the resources to ...
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How to make sure that my book is "accurate"
I'm not exactly writing historical fiction or realistic, but I want my story to be "accurate."
For example, let's say that my character got into a car crash after being chased by the police. ...
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MLA In-text citations for websites
I've done some research, but a lot of sources contradict each other. I was just wondering how to do embedded citations for MLA regarding websites. I wasn't too sure how to do them as the websites I ...
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Figure Annotation and Writing papers
If I had a figure like let's say imaginary figure A. If I were to use this figure, and only needed a segment should I put the whole figure in the academic Research paper or just the section? If so, ...
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Scientific Research Paper
Is it okay to reference material from a previous paragraph, like as follows "In paragraph 3" or "In the introduction"? Or do I have reassert the idea, if so does it have to require ...
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Striking statistics on the SOLID principles
I'm writing an article about software quality and SOLID on Medium. I want to add statistics (reports, surveys etc.) to strengthen my article. For example;
According to research of company X, the ...
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How does war work? [closed]
I am currently writing a story about an interstellar war.
Here is the general idea:
this war is taking place in Jupiter, the largest planet and one of the main areas of conflict
everyone in this ...
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How to research and create an authentic setting for a story set in a foreign country? [duplicate]
As a writer, for authenticity and to avoid distracting errors, I need to portray my story setting correctly. For example, I live in the UK and need to know whether guests can tay overnight at ...
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What is the proper way to insert a subsection into a section / end a subsection within a section?
Not sure if this belongs here, or math.stackexchange but what's the proper way to do a special case subsection in a section? This is mostly in a proof/logical statement context
i.e. To show ...
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Scientific Journal
What are some other equivalents to a journal like SoftwareX where one can submit the methodology and codes used to solve a research problem?
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What is a good name for my fantasy species that's not too long? [closed]
I made a fantasy species,a dragon. It's based off of a Siberian tiger, a bearded dragon, and a fruit bat. But the trouble is, i'm not sure how or what to name it. It's main features are it's throat, ...
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mentioning verbatim sentence of another research
Is it possible to use a verbatim sentence of another research in our own studies?
I, as an undergraduate psychology student who doesn't have any research experience, have heard that this is not ...
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How do I find an expert to help with theological science fiction writing?
I am in the process of writing a theological science fiction novel. My interest in this genre is motivated by reading Dune by Frank Herbert and The Divine Invasion by Phillip K. Dick, in addition to ...
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Writing a press release without tacky self-promotion
I recently graduated from a university and was selected to participate in an exciting team event that likely would interest the public. One member from my time suggested that I either: (1) Write "...
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How to effectively narrate losing an arm by 3 arrows? [closed]
In a pasage of a tale set in medieval age, How Should I describe a character's process of losing his right arm after an attack in some town. Conditions are as follow:
Character has been wounded by ...
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I can't get out of the research phase out of fear of missing out
One of the aspects I love about fiction writing is doing research. When I settle on an idea, I tend to go look for similar historical themes, stories that I can weave into my novel. I get excited ...
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I'm trying to write a blog about future tech and science - where can I find ideas?
I watch Isaac Arthur and John Michael Godier; I’m looking for a site to help me write an online blog, that talks about a future science tech or idea every week (or every month; depending on my ...
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How can I research non-recent 21st century cultural events?
I'm currently writing a story taking place in the recent past in which (aside from the main plot) my characters get to spend some time in a big city. They end up visiting the tourist joints but also ...
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In which sections of a research report is it appropriate to include citations?
I have been doing some research on citations and haven't been able to get a clear answer on this.
When writing a project report, in which sections is it appropriate to include citations?
In this ...
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Research Paper Summary: How much should be citations versus original thought?
I'm finalizing a single-paragraph summary of a multi-page research paper for school and I was concerned when I noticed that most of my summary was in my own words. I mean that most of what I wrote was ...
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How to write a non-fiction book? [closed]
I've heard that in order to write a non-fiction book I need to write notes and then put them together to make a book, but I'm writing notes from possible 4 completely different books, so when should I ...
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What types of resources and primary sources are helpful for getting into historical character?
When you are developing characters for fiction, and particularly historical fiction, what kinds of resources do you find most helpful in establishing a distinctive voice?
Two suggestions I've heard ...
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Where to find primary sources for getting into historical character? (voicing)
What sites, libraries, or other organizations have strong, easy-to-browse collections of letters, diaries, and other primary sources that are great for authors doing research for historical fiction ...
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How to tell readers that I know my story is factually incorrect?
Sometimes, it so happens that I do some research for a story and find that a major plot point could never work in real life. At this stage, I can either continue with my impossible (for a non-fantasy, ...
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Exhaustive research vs artistic license?
I'm working on a post-apocalypse novel set all over the world. I'm fairly flexible on where some of the events take place, but there are often specific requirements on the look, layout, general region ...
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How can I effectively research for a high-fantasy setting?
When you write in a modern day setting, you research the culture, climate, location and history of that setting. You can do the same for historical fiction or low-fantasy settings based on real places....
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Is it okay to majorly distort historical facts while writing a fiction story?
Suppose A is a famous historical character with a known history of emotional attachment with a particular set of people. If I would want to write a fictional story about character A that might involve ...
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How can one learn about the laws of hospitality in Latin America? [closed]
I have a situation where my MC - who has a dangerous reputation - was captured by an agent of Bolivian security. She takes him to her father in-law, who starts to torture him.
He learns that much of ...
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