http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2007/10/03/noah-is-at-simchat-torah/ dawn friedman's blog Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:18:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2007/10/03/noah-is-at-simchat-torah/#comment-6068 shannon Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:23:01 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/?p=1632#comment-6068 Oh god, just be yourself and write as you always do. You are already a great writer. Nothing could be a bigger mistake than trying to sound academic if you don't have to because you can already write better than that! Oh god, just be yourself and write as you always do. You are already a great writer. Nothing could be a bigger mistake than trying to sound academic if you don’t have to because you can already write better than that!

]]> http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2007/10/03/noah-is-at-simchat-torah/#comment-6067 Ally Thu, 04 Oct 2007 01:07:00 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/?p=1632#comment-6067 How to write an academic paper in two easy steps. 1) use lots of big words and stilted sentence construction. 2) use twice as many words and sentences as necessary. Voila! You're an academic! :) However, I agree with Susan. Not sounding academic can be very refreshing at a conference. How to write an academic paper in two easy steps. 1) use lots of big words and stilted sentence construction. 2) use twice as many words and sentences as necessary. Voila! You’re an academic!
However, I agree with Susan. Not sounding academic can be very refreshing at a conference.

]]> http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2007/10/03/noah-is-at-simchat-torah/#comment-6069 Susan Wed, 03 Oct 2007 23:33:53 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/?p=1632#comment-6069 Not that I'm not in the midst of my own writing anxieties at the moment, but I wouldn't worry about sounding academic for this conference: it has a mix of academics and nonacademics, and I'll bet there's going to be a whole range of presentation styles. And my favorite academic presentations are the ones that don't sound so academic, anyway. Not that I’m not in the midst of my own writing anxieties at the moment, but I wouldn’t worry about sounding academic for this conference: it has a mix of academics and nonacademics, and I’ll bet there’s going to be a whole range of presentation styles. And my favorite academic presentations are the ones that don’t sound so academic, anyway.

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