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Helen Sword’s Followers (27)
Helen Sword
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Stylish Academic Writing
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2012
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11 editions
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Air & Light & Time & Space: How Successful Academics Write
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The Writer's Diet
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2007
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8 editions
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Writing with Pleasure
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Ghostwriting Modernism
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2002
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3 editions
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Engendering Inspiration: Visionary Strategies in Rilke, Lawrence, and H. D.
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1996
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Pacific Rim Modernisms
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2010
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Air & Light & Time & Space: How Successful Academics Write
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Writing with Pleasure
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“For the rest of us—members of that peculiar, prosaic species classified by Pierre Bourdieu as homo academicus9—dwelling poetically could mean gauging the dimensions of our own habits and mindfully inhabiting the rhythms of our writing lives: taking pride in a beautifully crafted sentence, lingering in the hallway for a friendly chat with a colleague, and working with our neighbors to rebuild our academic habitus into a place of possibilities.”
― Air & Light & Time & Space: How Successful Academics Write
― Air & Light & Time & Space: How Successful Academics Write
“academic writing is a process of making intelligent choices, not of following rigid rules.”
― Stylish Academic Writing
― Stylish Academic Writing
“A PhD student approached me after a writing workshop to recount his tale of woe. “I write these messy, incoherent first drafts,” he lamented. “They’re absolutely awful! Then I have to work on them for hours and hours to bash them into shape. It’s such a frustrating process, and so discouraging. My PhD adviser is a really good writer; she makes it all look so easy. I wish I were more like her.” I didn’t get a chance to interview the student’s supervisor; but if I had, I can guess what she might have told me. Probably something like this: “I write these messy, incoherent first drafts—they’re absolutely awful! Then I have to work on them for hours and hours to bash them into shape. Writing can be a hard and frustrating process, but for the most part, I really enjoy the challenge of honing and polishing my sentences until I get them just right.” Same story, different spin.”
― Air & Light & Time & Space: How Successful Academics Write
― Air & Light & Time & Space: How Successful Academics Write
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