Thoughts on Scholarly Writing

Title Welcome to the machine: Thoughts on writing for scholarly publication

The expression ‘publish or perish’ has probably never been as cruelly applicable as it is today. Universities in many countries now require their staff to publish in major, high-impact, peerreviewed Anglophone journals as a pre-requisite for tenure, promotion and career advancement, making participation in this global web of scholarship an obligation for academics all over the world. Junior sch...

Premature thoughts on writing disorders.

Three papers appeared in the 19th century describing the dissociation between speech and writing: Marce (1856), Ogle (1867), and Pitres (1884). An account of the convincing evidence of dissociations put forward in these papers is presented. Three explanations are proposed as to the reason why the observations reported by these authors were overlooked or rejected by their contemporaries, namely:...

Editorial----a Plea for Scholarly Writing

Synopsis Scientific writing is a skill that needs to be developed through concentration and practice. By the final draft of a paper, each sentence should have been crafted to convey information clearly, succinctly, and accurately. The standard of writing in current scientific journals has reached an all-time low, in terms of both poor grammar and imprecise communication. This situation has been...

The ‘Other’ English: Thoughts on EAP and Academic Writing

Thoughts About Writing An Exciting Hypertext

Decline And Fall is a Storyspace-style hypertext novel, a school story based loosely on The Trojan Women. Its goal was not to be good, but rather to be exciting – to make an argument that hypertext can be coherent, consistent, and possibly fun. These are some notes of what I learned from the effort.