The good, the bad, and the ugly of writing in academia

The good, the bad, and the ugly of writing in academia is a podcast where three writing nerds discuss the joys and jitters of writing research papers. A professor of engineering, a writing instructor, and a linguist pass their time talking about all the big and small hurdles that you come across between the planning and publishing a research article. If you ever feel alone punching that keyboard, here are your writing buddies in the digital ether.

Peer review

How do you make a good peer review?

08-14
39:59

Using commas

Where do you put the comma?

11-04
49:24

The Academic Writing Bootcamp

Interview with special guest Mirjam Godskesen

06-24
49:06

Writer’s block

How to get started when everything has come to a stop

03-04
35:01

Revision — Tense

How to work with tense in your text

01-14
28:38

Revision — the big picture

How to begin working your draft into a finished manuscript

11-28
55:11

Academic style

How do you write to sound like a scientist?

11-08
57:13

Focus

How do you get writing done when you’re writing?

10-02
42:24

A bird's eye view of the writing process

Lene, Jenny, and Öivind present themselves, discuss what the podcast will be about, and take a bird’s eye view of the writing process as a whole.

09-14
31:26

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