Write No Matter What: Advice for Academics (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)

Writing in academe. Letting go of the dream ; Demystifying academic writing ; Craftsman attitude -- Using tools that work. Three taming techniques ; Securing time ; Securing space ; Securing energy -- Challenging writing myths. Draining the drama ; Demons in for tea ; The magnum opus myth ; The impostor syndrome ; The cleared-deck fantasy ; The hostile reader fear ; Compared with X ; The perfect first sentence ; One more source -- Maintaining momentum. Follow the lilt ; Beginnings and endings ; Finding the lost trail ; Effective feedback ; Handling revisions and rejections ; Working with stalls ; Relinquishing toxic projects ; Back-burner projects ; Breaks, summers, and sabbaticals -- Building writing support. Overcoming isolation ; Creating faculty writing groups ; Building campus writing support

• | Author: Joli Jensen
• | Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• | Publication Date: April 28, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 192 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 022646170X
• | ISBN-13: 9780226461700