Academic writing Quote by Helen Sword

Academic writing is such a different way of writing.

— Tara Westover

“Writing requires a prolong period of academic education supplemented by studiously scrutinizing society and its customs. Writers also analyze their own nature and physical…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Even the imperative to make choice after choice without clear guidance - allegedly the most nerve-wracking part of the profession - isn't exclusive to…

— Daniel B. Smith

“Of all the myths surrounding academic writing, the fallacy of effortless productivity is among the most persistent.”

— Helen Sword

“Most days, writing simply requires work-ethic, discipline, clarity, focus, time. Other days...it will demand absolutely everything of you.”

— Christy Hall

I don't have the notion that everybody has to write in some single academic style

— Clifford Geertz

“As writing is one of the desperate professions, it has universal appeal, especially for those not engaged in it.”

— WH Auden

“For anyone who wants to write, and hopes some day to publish what he or she has written, it is far more important to…

— Edith Schaeffer

“Writing is more than typing words: Any action that is instrumental in completing a writing project counts as writing.”

— Paul J. Silvia

“The act of writing is the act of discovering what you believe.”

— David Hare

“Writing is a craft and needs constant practice.”

— Patricia Highsmith

“In the real world, writing is not artificially separated into specific discourses. It is blended for effect.”

— Kelly Gallagher