Barriers to Academic Writing

This assignment delves into the difficulties academic writers encounter in their pursuit of producing reliable, authentic, and creative content. It examines barriers such as copyright infringement and plagiarism, highlighting how these obstacles can paradoxically foster originality and quality in academic writing. The assignment also explores strategies writers employ to navigate these challenges and maintain a balance between creativity and academic integrity.

Running head: CRITICAL ESSAY PLANNING
CRITICAL ESSAY PLANNING
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author note

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Background
(To introduce the topic.
May include surprising or interesting
facts, a definition, and some background
information.)
 The concept of scholar came from the employed
academicians of famous universities, who were
employed for academic purposes. Such aspects
become broadened after the concept of digital
scholarships were applied.
 Digital scholarship broadened the range of
knowledge by connecting the global peer
network and enabling the media output.
 Digital scholarship is exciting for students as it
involves data sharing and networking. Further,
all these activities occur under a digital identity
(Weller, 2011).
Thesis
(This is a statement of your
standpoint or the view taken – the
controlling idea of your essay that you
will develop in the main body. It should be
concise and convincing)
To outline the challenges faced by professional academic writers in this
globalized and digital era.
Outline First, the problems faced by academic writers will be discussed
Maintaining reliability of work will be discussed
Ways to review the potentiality of globalized world will be
discussed
The essential aspects for creative work will be discussed
BODY PARAGRAPHS
(add more paragraphs if needed ↓)

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Topic One The problems faced by academic writers
Controlling
idea
Focusing on the aspects that affects the writings of academic
writers
Supporting
sentences
(include the source(s)
among the 9 articles you wish to cite
from)
Point 1: Plagiarism-
 Colleges, Universities and writing centers throughout the
world face issues related to plagiarism.
 Students and teachers did not understand the issues of
copyright, attribution and permission
 Limited access to copyright materials are effective in
providing non-plagiarised document, however the issue
of plagiarism is still a big issue in this post-modern
world.
Point 2: Conflicts in thought process
 The conflicts between thought processes of academicians
are the prime reason for processing and mixing of new
information as they are seen as reused ideas.
 However, there are several instances that copyright
conflicts have indicated that individual work is not
totally under the control of a single person (Donelan,
Kear & Ramage, 2005)
Counterargum
ent
(include the source(s)
among the 9 articles you wish to cite
from)
However, these barriers help the academic writers to write their original
thought process and provide the world a new point of view about that
topic.

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Summary of
the paragraph /
Transition to
the next
While plagiarism and copyright issue is hampering the
quantity of academic papers, it is maintaining the quality of
the writings.
The means by which these processes helping to maintain
reliability of academic writings
Topic Two Maintaining reliability of work
Controlling
idea
Reliable writing and its importance
Supporting
sentences
(include the source(s)
among the 9 articles you wish to cite
from)
 Buying and stealing others work, both ruin and
undermine the reliability of the written work and at the
same time damages the free exchange and the openness
in the spread of the ideas.
 difference between copyright infringement and
plagiarism can be stated as copyright is matter of law,
whereas, the plagiarism is mater of ethics (Weller, 2011)
Counterargum
ent
(include the source(s)
among the 9 articles you wish to cite
from)
Despite the fact that it helps to maintain reliability, writers are
sometimes unable to maintain the difference and provide work with
both plagiarism and copyright issues.

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Summary of
the paragraph /
Transition to
the next
Maintaining privacy and confidentiality is the prime goal of
these copyright and plagiarism issues and it further helps to
maintain the reliability of the writing.
The ways such reliable writings provide the idea about
potential of global writings
Paragraph 3
Topic Three Ways to review the potentiality of globalized world
Controlling
idea
The way a reliable writing provides idea of global
potential
Supporting
sentences
(include the source(s)
among the 9 articles you wish to cite
from)
 Gordon Kane explains that within theoretical
physics, the self-policing process is easy
because the field is small and people know each
other
 At the same time, Gilbert S. Omenn’s made it
clear that, another risk is posed by the
researchers that peer review the journals,
because during the peer reviewing there is a
high chance of stealing of ideas from the grants
and the applications (Eisner & Vicinus, 2008, p.
1-9)
Counterargum While the digital world has provided the academic world with

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ent
(include the source(s)
among the 9 articles you wish to cite
from)
a platform to share their work, it has also increases the
chances of stealing of ideas and views while peer reviews.
Summary of
the paragraph /
Transition to
the next
Digital world is enhancing the academician’s chances to
come on global platform and publish their data, however also
increasing the chances of data theft while peer reviews.
The way this incidence influences writers to maintain all
important aspects to provide a creative work
Paragraph 4
Topic Four Maintaining all aspects of creative writing
Controlling
idea
How the above mentioned barriers help the writers to
write a creative writing
Supporting
sentences
(include the source(s)
among the 9 articles you wish to cite
from)
Reading more and more thesis will help the writers to
understand the way of incorporating necessary ideas while
writing a creative writing.
Peer review has increased the ability to accept the
flaws in a writing and the writers are focusing on those
aspects to provide a compact literature to the academic

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world (Sinclair, 2015).
Counterargum
ent
(include the source(s)
among the 9 articles you wish to cite
from)
To maintain creativity in the work, writers are not being able
to incorporate information to their academic writing
Summary of
the paragraph /
Transition to
the next
Maintaining creativity is the prime output of all these above
mentioned barriers and to make the writers provide an
authentic, original and creative piece of writing to the world.
Conclusion
Restate Thesis
& Summarise main
points
(The main aim of the
conclusion is to show that you have
successfully answered the question. It
does not include any new information, but
it summarises the main points made in
the body of the essay. It should be clear
and draw your argument to a close and
ideally, it needs to leave a strong
impression on the reader.)
The assignment was dedicated to identify the
problems faced by academic writers and the way those
barriers help the writer to provide a reliable, authentic and
creative article.
The assignment discussed copyright and plagiarism as
the barriers in academic writing, and discussed the need for
these barriers to write reliable and original article. Further,
the means to provide a creative writing was also discussed

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Referenc
es
(at least
FOUR sources –
APA format)
Donelan, H., Kear, K. and Ramage, M. (2005). Online
Communication and Collaboration: A Reader. Milton Park,
Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, pp.225-228.
Eisner, C., & Vicinus, M. (2008). Originality, imitation, and
plagiarism: Teaching writing in the digital age. University
of Michigan Press. pp.173-180
Sinclair, C. (2015). Students’ perspectives on academic writing in
the digital age. TechTrends, 59(1), 44-49.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-014-0819-5
Weller, M. (2011). The digital scholar: How technology is
transforming scholarly practice. A&C Black.