Applying the ‘Write Short’ Concept in a University Degree Assessment Strategy
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18552/joaw.v8i2.445Keywords:
elastic essays, academic writing, student writing, re-genring, genre, brevityAbstract
It is a remark credited to several great writers: the admission, ‘I didn’t have time to write you a short letter, so I wrote you this long one instead’. Spilling your guts is easy; being concise takes time. Short is harder; content-rich, succinct writing requires supreme skill and considered application. This short paper argues the case that small is beautiful when we think about setting university assignment word counts.
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Published
2018-11-30
How to Cite
O’Brien, J. (2018). Applying the ‘Write Short’ Concept in a University Degree Assessment Strategy. Journal of Academic Writing, 8(2), 229–232. https://doi.org/10.18552/joaw.v8i2.445