August, for me, is writing month. I don't have to teach anymore and the flood of essays does not arrive before September. Except for the librarians and cafeteria staff there is almost nobody on campus. The offices adjacent to mine are vacated - which means I can take my shoes off, blast the Lord of … Weiterlesen Writing goals
Schlagwort: questions about writing
The hardest part
The hardest part of writing is editing. Everybody who has ever written something will tell you that. For me the hardest part of editing is trimming chapters. My second supervisor recently asked me whether the chapter I sent him could be trimmed. Fun fact: I had already trimmed it because my main supervisor thought it … Weiterlesen The hardest part
Questions about writing (Part I)
Writing is fun. It is also difficult, stressful and at times, excrutiatingly bothersome. And every writer, be that in academia or in genres of fiction, is plagued by questions about the writing process. Recently I have asked myself three recurring questions which I can't answer ultimately but I think I have reached a point where … Weiterlesen Questions about writing (Part I)