The Writing Habits of Successful Academic Authors

Description: “Publish or perish” is the mantra of the successful academic researcher. Yet few academics have been explicitly trained as writers, and fewer still have been schooled in the intricate art of maintaining research productivity without sacrificing work-life balance. In this interactive workshop with international writing expert Helen Sword, you will learn about her research on the BASE habits of successful academic writers – behavioral, artisanal, social, and emotional – and develop a customised blueprint for building a more productive writing practice from the ground up.

Trainer: Helen Sword is scholar, poet, and master teacher whose research-based books on writing and writers include Stylish Academic Writing (Harvard 2012), The Writer's Diet (Chicago 2016), Air & Light & Time & Space: How Successful Academics Write (Harvard 2017) and Writing with Pleasure (Princeton 2023). She is Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Arts and the Centre for Arts and Social Transformation at the University of Auckland, a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, and the recipient of several major research and teaching awards. Helen has facilitated writing workshops at more than 100 universities, conferences, and research institutes on every continent except Antarctica.  

Location: The workshop takes place on-site at KIT (room TBA) and online via MS Teams. 

Registration: Please contact Philipp Scherzer if you want to participate.