num_pages: 166
description: With growing academic responsibilities family commitments and inboxes scholars are struggling to fulfill their writing goals. A finished bookor even steady journal articlesmay seem like an impossible dream. But as Joli Jensen proves it really is possible to write happily and productively in academe.Jensen begins by busting the myth that universities are supportive writing environments. She points out that academia an arena dedicated to scholarship offers pressures that actually prevent scholarly writing. She shows how to acknowledge these less-than-ideal conditions and how to keep these circumstances from draining writing time and energy. Jensen introduces tools and techniques that encourage frequent low-stress writing. She points out common ways writers stall and offers workarounds that maintain productivity. Her focus is not on content but on how to overcome whatever stands in the way of academic writing.Write No Matter What draws on popular and scholarly insights into the writing process and stems from Jensens experience designing and directing a faculty writing program. With more than three decades as an academic writer Jensen knows what really helps and hinders the scholarly writing process for scholars in the humanities social sciencesand sciences.Cut down the academic sword of Damocles Jensen advises. Learn how to write often and effectively without pressure or shame. With her encouragement writers of all levels will find ways to create the writing support they need and deserve.
language: English
title: Write No Matter What: Advice for Academics
publisher: University of Chicago Press