{"id":37714,"date":"2017-02-02T11:32:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T19:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/world.edu\/?p=37714"},"modified":"2017-02-02T11:32:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T19:32:53","slug":"voice-and-thinkingwriting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/voice-and-thinkingwriting\/","title":{"rendered":"Voice and thinkingwriting"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Main_baldessari-02\"<\/a>You have probably heard, or read, that writing is thinking<\/em>.<\/p>\n

But what does writing is thinking<\/em> really\u00a0mean? Anything? Nothing? Well, it doesn\u2019t<\/em> mean that you have to write in order to think, because of course you can<\/em> think without writing. We think without writing all the time. So if it\u2019s not that, what is it?<\/p>\n

Thinking is writing<\/em>\u00a0is usually offered as a counter to the idea that writing is a mechanical skill. A technical and straightforward\u00a0process. You\u2019ve done your research. You\u2019ve analysed the results. You don\u2019t have to think any more. Now, you just write. You simply get\u00a0the stuff\u00a0down because you already know what it<\/em> is.<\/p>\n

Wrong. <\/em><\/p>\n

Writing always involves further\u00a0thought. \u00a0And putting our ideas into words\u00a0can really help us to think deeply \u2013 to formulate argument, marshal supporting evidence in the right order and in a convincing way, and talk with and to the relevant literatures.<\/p>\n

One\u00a0way to see the inseparability of writing and thinking in academic work is to look at how authorial \u2018voice\u2019 is constructed in text. Now I\u2019ve written a bit about voice before, but I\u201dll briefly recap.<\/p>\n