Relatrice: Helen Sword (University of Auckland, New Zealand)

Abstract

“Publish or perish” is the mantra of the successful academic. Yet few academics have been explicitly trained as writers, and fewer still have been schooled in the intricate art of maintaining research productivity without sacrificing work-life balance.  Professor Helen Sword has surveyed more than 1,300 academics from across the disciplines and around the world to find out about their professional formation as writers, their daily work habits, and their habits of mind.  In this workshop, you will learn about the BASE habits of successful academic writers – behavioural, artisanal, social and emotional – and develop your own customized blueprint for building a more productive writing practice from the ground up.