A practical handbook that offers step-by-step instructions to improve your reading, research, note-making, and writing, written by two university teachers with over a hundred years of teaching experience and books that include textbooks, academic monographs, and popular fiction and biography. This is a revision and substantial expansion of How to Make Notes and Write, published by these authors in 2022.
There are plenty of books on reading, note-taking, and writing. There are plenty of personal knowledge management (PKM) systems and gurus promising to help you link your thinking, create smart notes, or build a second brain. This book offers a straightforward and proven way to gather information, make it your own, develop insights, and communicate those discoveries in effective prose. If you want to become a better student or lifelong learner, and especially if you want to turn your ideas into clear and compelling output, this is the book for you.