{"product_id":"air-light-time-space-how-successful-academics-write-9780674737709","title":"Air \u0026 Light \u0026 Time \u0026 Space: How Successful Academics Write","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eStylish Academic Writing\u003c\/i\u003e comes an essential new guide for writers aspiring to become more productive and take greater pleasure in their craft. Helen Sword interviewed one hundred academics worldwide about their writing background and practices. Relatively few were trained as writers, she found, and yet all have developed strategies to thrive in their publish-or-perish environment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo how do these successful academics write, and where do they find the \"air and light and time and space,\" in the words of poet Charles Bukowski, to get their writing done? What are their formative experiences, their daily routines, their habits of mind? How do they summon up the courage to take intellectual risks and the resilience to deal with rejection? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSword identifies four cornerstones that anchor any successful writing practice: \u003ci\u003eB\u003c\/i\u003eehavioral habits of discipline and persistence; \u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003ertisanal habits of craftsmanship and care; \u003ci\u003eS\u003c\/i\u003eocial habits of collegiality and collaboration; and \u003ci\u003eE\u003c\/i\u003emotional habits of positivity and pleasure. Building on this \"BASE,\" she illuminates the emotional complexity of the writing process and exposes the lack of writing support typically available to early-career academics. She also lays to rest the myth that academics must produce safe, conventional prose or risk professional failure. The successful writers profiled here tell stories of intellectual passions indulged, disciplinary conventions subverted, and risk-taking rewarded. Grounded in empirical research and focused on sustainable change, \u003ci\u003eAir \u0026amp; Light \u0026amp; Time \u0026amp; Space\u003c\/i\u003e offers a customizable blueprint for refreshing personal habits and creating a collegial environment where all writers can flourish.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSword, Helen:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Helen Sword is Professor and Director of the Centre for Learning and Research in Higher Education at the University of Auckland.","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50412786974994,"sku":"9780674737709","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dd043c00-ad69-475d-87a3-5a46b39b71a8.jpg?v=1729328039","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/air-light-time-space-how-successful-academics-write-9780674737709","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}