Language Arts & Disciplines - Writing - Academic & Scholarly

This book of practical writing and publishing advice celebrates the creative, community-building pleasures of humanist expertise. Humanities experts today are embattled. In a world of crises undermining higher education at every turn, what can still motivate humanists to write? Galvanizing, imaginative, and unrepentantly nerdy,...

From writing style and the use of visuals to formulating your topic and methodology, Dirk Vis shows artists of all stripes how to present researchIn this user-friendly volume, author Dirk Vis lays out the basics of research for artists, offering a guide to the...

A personal, practical, and inspirational guide to written and oral STEM communications for scientists and technical professionals. In Sharing Our Science, scientist-turned-writing teacher Brandon Brown offers an eminently useful guidebook for STEM practitioners looking to communicate their technical work to either a technical or...

Author: Joseph BlackPublisher: Broadview Press IncPublished: 08/07/2025Pages: 1824Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 3.88lbsSize: 9.69h x 7.80w x 1.57dISBN: 9781554817030About the AuthorJoseph Black, University of Massachusetts Kate Flint, University of Southern California Isobel Grundy, University of Alberta Wendy Lee, New York University Don LePan, Broadview Press Roy...

"No book in shorter space, with fewer words, will help any writer more than this persistent little volume." - The Boston Globe You know the author's name. You recognize the title. The advice of Strunk is as valuable today as when it was first...

A practical guide to effective grant writing for researchers at all stages of their academic careers Grant funding can be a major determinant of promotion and tenure at colleges and universities, yet many scholars receive no training in the crucial skill of grant writing....

Before writing the fifth Harry Potter book, J.K. Rowling created a seven-page handwritten outline of her original vision for the plot, offering an unprecedented glimpse into her writing process. In these early notes, there are noticeable differences in the characters, terminology, and plot, culminating...

A fully updated and expanded third edition of the acclaimed writing guide for scientists The Scientist's Guide to Writing explains the essential techniques that students, postdocs, and early-career scientists need to write more clearly, efficiently, and easily. Now in its third edition, this incisive...

Center for Engaged Learning Open Access Book SeriesSeries Editors: Jessie L Moore and Peter FeltenThe SoTL Guide is a practical, accessible, and engaging book that explicitly guides readers through clear steps to develop their own scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) project. The book...

Plenty of books tell you how to do research. This book helps you figure out WHAT to research in the first place, and why it matters. The hardest part of research isn't answering a question. It's knowing what to do before you know what...

Volumes in Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing offer multiple perspectives on a wide range of topics about writing. In each chapter, authors present their unique views, insights, and strategies for writing by addressing the undergraduate reader directly. Drawing on their own experiences, these teachers-as-writers...