Identifying Essays Written by Chatbots

Kelsey Piper offers tips for identifying when essays have been written by ChatGPT .

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Academic Writing

Rebecca Schuman answers questions about academic writing and work-life balance .

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Scholarship During Upheaval

Leonard Cassuto offers tips on writing a dissertation during a pandemic. Students are reporting frustration with restrictions on laboratories and travel.

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Professional Writing in Academia

Larry McEnerney shares with university professors about the importance of professional writing .

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The Value of Writing

John Henry writes about expert writer Larry McEnerney and his comments about marketing and value.

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Academic Book Proposals

Rachel Toor explains the importance of a good book proposal for those considering writing for an academic audience.

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Writing Over the Summer

Noah Shusterman suggest ways to have a productive summer writing . He suggests:

1. Treat your summer writing projects like a long road trip;
2. Have an insanely ambitious plan;
3. Set achievable goals;
4. Never double down on your goals;
5. Focus early, wander late; and,
6. When it's vacation, it's vacation.

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Writing for a Popular Audience

Katie Pryal encourages academics to write for a popular audience. She provides a checklist of considerations before starting such a project.

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Avoiding Procrastination

Joli Jensen suggests a plan for avoiding being overwhelmed by multiple projects. She suggests identifying a priority project and working on it in short bursts at the time of day when your mind typically is most focused. Use time when you are less "sharp" to work on less creative tasks.

Jensen offers advice as to which projects to work on:

1. Accomplish something -- grab "low hanging fruit."
2. Finish a fun project.
3. Drop any "toxic" projects.

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Project Management

Joli Jensen suggests three ways to stay on track with a writing project :

1. Physically organize your work.
2. Address your frustrations.
3. Work at least 15 minutes each day.

These tips seem like they would be helpful with bringing any long-term project to completion.

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When Writing, Save Your Drafts

Rebecca Schuman encourages writers to keep their unpublished work for later revision and possible publication . Schuman discovered that many writers destroy work that might have been foundational for later work.

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Scholarly Reading Tips

Joli Jensen suggests two steps required to read scholarly work with full comprehension.

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Writing Style and Idioms

Ann Curzan muses on writing style and idioms.

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Writing a Book Proposal

Lori Flores offers guidance in writing a book proposal .

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Writing Well

Psychologist Steven Pinker tells interviewer Rachel Toor about writing well as a scholar. Pinker has had great success reaching non-academic audiences with popular books on psychology.

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Academic Writing

Noah Berlatski muses on the paradox of scholarly writing .

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Writing for the Public

Ann Trubek offers suggests to academics who want to write for a popular audience . Tips include learning the interests of your audience, and using active verbs in writing.

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Contently, A Writer's Index

Lee Skallerup Bessette explains why she tracks her published writing with Contently , a free indexing service for writers.

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Academic Writing Blog

Lucy Ferriss maintains a blog on language and writing in Academe.

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