How to use storytelling in your academic writing : techniques for engaging readers and successfully navigating the writing and publishing processes / Timothy G. Pollock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pollock, Timothy G., author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academic writing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 185 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

Good writing skills and habits are critical for scholarly success. Every article is a story, and employing the techniques of effective storytelling enhances scholars' abilities to share their insights and ideas, increasing the impact of their research. This book draws on the tools and techniques of storytelling employed in fiction and non-fiction writing to help academic writers enhance the clarity, presentation, and flow of their scholarly work. Tim Pollock describes the structure, techniques and tools of storytelling, and shows the reader how to apply them in writing the Introduction, Theory and Hypotheses, Methods and Results, and Discussion sections of an article. He also describes how these sections differ for qualitative and theory papers, and addresses how to manage the writing, coauthoring and review processes. In addition, he explains how to use storytelling when writing grant proposals, research statements and cover letters. This book is an invaluable tool for academics at all levels across the business and social science disciplines.-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Introduction: Think like a storyteller

2. Structuring a story

3. Storytelling tools

4. The building blocks of storytelling : words, sentences and paragraphs

5. Introductions, titles and abstracts

6. Theory and hypotheses

7. Methods and results

8. Discussion section

9. What's different about qualitative articles, theory articles and book chapters

10. The writing process

11. The co-authoring process

12. Navigating the review process

13. Other kinds of writing

14. Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Pollock, Timothy G. How to use storytelling in your academic writing.

ISBN:

9781839102820 (electronic book)

1839102829