Description
"In Writing with Pleasure, Helen Sword attempts to establish the conditions under which academics and other professionals are motivated in their writing by pleasure. Acknowledging that most writers, most of the time, find writing a chore-if not downright painful-Sword surveyed participants in her workshops to determine what factors might make writing a more pleasurable experience and how to model them in professional writing. Sword introduces five key principles-social, physical, aesthetic, creative, and emotional-for cultivating pleasure in writing. She applies these principles to ten common writing scenarios, such as coping with email overload, giving and receiving feedback, and teaching writing to disaffected students. She provides exercises, resources, and activities for readers who aspire to boost their writing-related productivity and pleasure, whether by adjusting their personal habits or by working collectively to transform their workplace culture. Her intended audience includes not only academic writers (students, faculty, full-time researchers) but other professionals who write on a regular basis"--
