As a teacher in a university, I paid a great deal of attention to helping my students learn how to write English academic prose. And as an academic author, I was highly attuned to my own writing while constructing articles and chapters for publication in academic venues.

Combining those perspective allows me to offer effective, sympathetic and client-focussed coaching for academic writing, specifically aimed at scholars for whom English is not their first language.

Coaching sessions are tailored to the client's particular needs, but will generally involve between five and eight sessions of one-to-one tutoring. All packages include close-reading and editing of at least two of your writing samples. I am also happy to help with preparation for live presentations, including working on pronunciation, dialect and presentation aides.

A typical coaching package will cover the following key areas:

• Research and note-taking skills that will put you in the position to write your article.
• Starting too soon: how do you know when you're ready to start writing?
• Constructing your arguments, including signposting premises, and understanding subpremises and
  supporting evidence.
  
• Academic English, including technical vocabulary, grammar, tone and sentential construction.
• Simplifying your prose for clearest effect.
• The use of analogy, metaphor, imagery and quotation to enliven your writing.
• Editing techniques that will elevate your work while simplifying the writing process.
• References, footnotes, diagrams and tables.
• Preparing your work for journal submission and publication.
• Presenting your work: breaking free of the written word.

If you would like more information, including testimonials and a more detailed discussion of your own writing needs,
please get in touch.