How to Write for a General Audience: A Guide for Academics Who Want to Share Their Knowledge with the World and Have Fun Doing It

摘要

Reading Dr. Kendall-Tackett is not for the faint of heart. Before even making it out of the Introduction, she makes a "bold promise" to the reader: "Improving your writing will allow you to have fun, make money, and change the world" (6). Still not sure you're interested? Try this intriguing statement on for size: "A surprising number of authors compare writing to sex." Kendall-Tackett then goes on to quote author Paul Dickson, who said writing is "possibly the most fun you can have with your clothes on." After accurately musing that she'd "be willing to bet that you don't feel that way about journal articles," (7) Kendall-Tackett spends the rest of the volume taking the reader by the hand, showing exactly how an academic writer can feel that way about professional articles they either have to-or want to-write.