Comments on: word count obsession http://creativitymachine.net/2006/05/15/word-count-obsession/ Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:22:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: home cooked theory » Blog Archive » Academics’ blogs http://creativitymachine.net/2006/05/15/word-count-obsession/comment-page-1/#comment-30067 home cooked theory » Blog Archive » Academics’ blogs Sun, 16 Jul 2006 22:50:52 +0000 http://creativitymachine.net/2006/05/15/word-count-obsession/#comment-30067 [...] Some of the blogs I want to talk about include ones like Laura’s - particularly this post - for the way that it may change perceptions about an implicit urban millieux for academic practice. I also want to talk about the recurring affects of PhD students’ blogs, including the anxieties that are often expressed in the lead-up to completion - Anne’s splintering online identities seem to be a case in point here). Finally, I’m interested in the career concerns talked about in the blogs of junior staff, particularly those that are women: Bitch PhD has a great list of these on her site. [...] [...] Some of the blogs I want to talk about include ones like Laura’s – particularly this post – for the way that it may change perceptions about an implicit urban millieux for academic practice. I also want to talk about the recurring affects of PhD students’ blogs, including the anxieties that are often expressed in the lead-up to completion – Anne’s splintering online identities seem to be a case in point here). Finally, I’m interested in the career concerns talked about in the blogs of junior staff, particularly those that are women: Bitch PhD has a great list of these on her site. [...]

]]> By: Michèle http://creativitymachine.net/2006/05/15/word-count-obsession/comment-page-1/#comment-28379 Michèle Thu, 08 Jun 2006 09:50:59 +0000 http://creativitymachine.net/2006/05/15/word-count-obsession/#comment-28379 coooool word counter!! where can I get one like that? coooool word counter!! where can I get one like that?

]]> By: Trevor Bechtel http://creativitymachine.net/2006/05/15/word-count-obsession/comment-page-1/#comment-28032 Trevor Bechtel Mon, 05 Jun 2006 00:40:04 +0000 http://creativitymachine.net/2006/05/15/word-count-obsession/#comment-28032 This is a great sentence; it's similar to the idea i'm working worth-that we don't understand texts by reading them but by performing them. But isn't it a drag to <i>write</i> these idea's? This is a great sentence; it’s similar to the idea i’m working worth-that we don’t understand texts by reading them but by performing them.

But isn’t it a drag to write these idea’s?

]]> By: Jean http://creativitymachine.net/2006/05/15/word-count-obsession/comment-page-1/#comment-24042 Jean Tue, 16 May 2006 14:38:26 +0000 http://creativitymachine.net/2006/05/15/word-count-obsession/#comment-24042 Glen: http://www.writertopia.com/toolbox/meters Anne - we don't measure theses in pages! Plus, I like to write in pretty, single-space typography, which makes page counts pretty depressing. And if it makes you, or any of the imaginary people who think I'm bragging, feel better, my current word count includes appendices (but not footnotes). Not only that, but when I have a rough draft (the 80,000 word target) and get really serious, it will start going down, down, down, as the B52s say. Glen: http://www.writertopia.com/toolbox/meters
Anne – we don’t measure theses in pages! Plus, I like to write in pretty, single-space typography, which makes page counts pretty depressing. And if it makes you, or any of the imaginary people who think I’m bragging, feel better, my current word count includes appendices (but not footnotes). Not only that, but when I have a rough draft (the 80,000 word target) and get really serious, it will start going down, down, down, as the B52s say.

]]> By: Anne http://creativitymachine.net/2006/05/15/word-count-obsession/comment-page-1/#comment-23998 Anne Tue, 16 May 2006 12:22:28 +0000 http://creativitymachine.net/2006/05/15/word-count-obsession/#comment-23998 girl, how *do* you stand keeping track of individual *words* ?! i can barely stand the page count... ;) girl, how *do* you stand keeping track of individual *words* ?! i can barely stand the page count… ;)

]]> By: trine http://creativitymachine.net/2006/05/15/word-count-obsession/comment-page-1/#comment-23972 trine Tue, 16 May 2006 08:44:47 +0000 http://creativitymachine.net/2006/05/15/word-count-obsession/#comment-23972 i like the word count thing. most phd students at sussex is cutting down as they spent three years filling documents with words. random words. now they're regretting it i think. david is building up as well, it actually seems to make more sense.... well done!! i like the word count thing. most phd students at sussex is cutting down as they spent three years filling documents with words. random words. now they’re regretting it i think. david is building up as well, it actually seems to make more sense…. well done!!

]]> By: glen http://creativitymachine.net/2006/05/15/word-count-obsession/comment-page-1/#comment-23964 glen Tue, 16 May 2006 07:17:32 +0000 http://creativitymachine.net/2006/05/15/word-count-obsession/#comment-23964 hey, how did you do the word count thing? hey, how did you do the word count thing?

]]> By: Jean http://creativitymachine.net/2006/05/15/word-count-obsession/comment-page-1/#comment-23920 Jean Mon, 15 May 2006 22:11:11 +0000 http://creativitymachine.net/2006/05/15/word-count-obsession/#comment-23920 Thanks - if only the sentence were true of the doctoral experience! Thanks – if only the sentence were true of the doctoral experience!

]]> By: jane mcg http://creativitymachine.net/2006/05/15/word-count-obsession/comment-page-1/#comment-23915 jane mcg Mon, 15 May 2006 20:51:22 +0000 http://creativitymachine.net/2006/05/15/word-count-obsession/#comment-23915 That is an impressive word count!! :) And I like your best sentence. good luck! That is an impressive word count!! :) And I like your best sentence. good luck!

]]> By: Jean http://creativitymachine.net/2006/05/15/word-count-obsession/comment-page-1/#comment-23836 Jean Mon, 15 May 2006 13:16:04 +0000 http://creativitymachine.net/2006/05/15/word-count-obsession/#comment-23836 yes, typo - thanks, I fixed it. I'm sure it's not the only one ;) yes, typo – thanks, I fixed it. I’m sure it’s not the only one ;)

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