Learn how to narrate your research effectively and keep your academic audience engaged. Join our workshop to master storytelling in academic writing.
This course helps students master the art of storytelling in academic writing, focusing on engaging their audience and effectively narrating their research. You'll explore various writing techniques to present your work with clarity and confidence.
The Secrets of Keeping Your Professor, Thesis Advisor, or Editor Happy.
Telling the Story of Your Research in Academic Contexts
Students in academia frequently hear: “be aware of your audience,” “write for your reader.”
But how do you actually do this?
Join me for a deep dive into the issue of narration in academic writing. Let me help you understand the “plot” of academic research and how to tell the story of your research, regardless of your field. This workshop will enable you to make deliberate decisions about the use of:
·Active or passive voice
·First or third person
·Transitions
·“Signposting” (telling the reader what to expect)
·Tenses
Guided exercises will help you understand how to narrate your own projects using the conventions of your field.
Tell the story of your research with confidence and clarity.
Recognize the central plot structure of all academic research.
Orient your readers to the territory of your research.
Make choices about whether and how to locate yourself in the text.
My passion is helping graduate students and faculty use writing to express their scholarly interests. Nearly all scholarly projects are grounded in writing, yet writing is rarely explicitly taught at advanced levels. My personal and professional mission is to make excellent writing instruction and coaching available to graduate student and faculty writers. I consult with individuals and institutions in the...
excellent
I found this course very useful!
Excellent instructor and content
The course could be better improved. Despite the concepts be really pertinent, the author presents them briefly and gives direct and simple explanations about why the concepts apply, with few to none how to apply the concepts. Also the course lack exercises, even quizzes, to guide the students about what is really important in each section.
Content is quite good but could be developed more. Quality of video and slides does not meet required expectations. Delivery is not very interesting or engaging.
I found this course very helpful for getting "un-stuck" and finally completing my thesis proposal. By pausing to do the handful of simple exercises I was able to step back from all of my work, clarify my purpose in writing my thesis, and identify the right "plot structure" for my piece. I also really appreciated the concrete examples of active vs. passive voice and the refresher on tenses. Thanks!
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Vicki H.
Lot of innovative ideas that could have been expressed a bit better by putting them earlier in the discussion.