Becoming the Writer You Already Are

Becoming the Writer You Already Are helps scholars discover their own writing process and design a writing practice that fits how they work. Author Michelle R. Boyd offers an experimental approach to trying out any new writing strategy, and introduces the Writing Metaphor as a reflective tool that can help you understand and overcome your writing fears: going from stuck to unstuck. The book includes a number of helpful features: Real Scholars' Stories provide insights into overcoming writing barriers; Wise Words from other texts on writing capture trials of writing as well as avenues through those trials; and finally Focus Points highlight important ideas, questions, or techniques to consider. The book is ideal for dissertation writing seminars, graduate students struggling with the transition from coursework to dissertation work, scholars who are supporting or participating in writing groups, and especially for marginalized scholars whose struggles with writing have prompted them to internalize the bias that others have about their ability to do exemplary research.