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CJBS Guide: Wrap up your writing

The CJBS Guide is to help learners of the business school navigate key academic skills and support offered by the Information and Library Services team.

Introduction

You've written a masterpiece! What do you need to do to give it that extra level of polish? Here we discuss editing, proofreading and perfecting your work.

Need further help? Contact us at infolib@jbs.cam.ac.uk or via Live Chat.

Wrap up your Writing Video

Keeping to Word Count

We get a lot of questions about how to stay within the assigned word count. These two resources have great tips to help you cut words from your writing while retaining your argument.

Synopsis

Wrap up your Writing Key Takeaways:

  • Give yourself time to edit and rewrite.
     
  • You must reference, and the style used at CJBS is Harvard.
     
  • If you ask someone to proofread your essay, they cannot change your work!

Additional Resources

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