In this 30-minute podcast, Helen Sword interviews Eirini Tzouma about neurodiversity and writing, and how we can best support neurodiverse students in academe.
Read MoreIn this 30-minute podcast, Helen Sword interviews Daniel Shea about writing guides and how scholarly writers can make the best use of them.
Read MoreIn this 37-minute podcast, Helen Sword interviews Sarah Fay about Substack and how scholarly writers can thrive on the platform.
Read MoreIn this 35-minute podcast, Helen Sword interviews three writers and their books from Princeton University Press on workplace writing, grant writing, and book proposal writing.
Read MoreIn this 35-minute podcast, Helen Sword and Margy Thomas discuss structure, pleasure, and innovation in writing.
Read MoreIn this 35-minute podcast, Helen Sword and Nina Schuyler discuss stunning sentences—what they are, how they work, and how to write them yourself.
Read MoreIn this 35-minute podcast, Helen Sword and David Goyes discuss risktaking in writing and how to overcome fear and produce bold, engaging, even risky academic prose.
Read MoreIn this 30-minute podcast, Helen Sword and Jillian Hess contemplate the note-taking practices of some famous figures — including Julia Child, Carl Jung, John Milton, George Eliot, Toni Morrison, and Sylvia Plath — and discuss how we can draw inspiration from other writers’ notebooks.
Read MoreFor this 32-minute walk, Helen Sword discusses how to write with magic with Margy Thomas. She asks, ‘What exactly is magic, and why do we need it in our writing?’
Read MoreFor this 30-minute walk, Helen Sword discusses writing for wellbeing with Sophie Nicholls. She asks, ‘how writing can help us understand ourselves and others, collaborate, innovate, and grow?’
Read MoreFor this 30-minute walk, Helen Sword discusses writing in times of existential anxiety with Michelle Boyd. She asks, “In difficult moments, how do we keep our writing going?”
Read MoreFor this 30-minute walk, Helen Sword discusses “To What Problem Is AI the Solution?,” and she explores risks and rewards of writing — and teaching writing — in the age of Gen AI.
Read MoreFor this 30-minute walk, Helen Sword discusses what beauty is, how beauty manifests itself in writing, and how pushing boundaries of thought and expression can help you discover beauty in your own writing.
Read MoreFor this 30-minute walk, Helen Sword discusses the Thesis Whisperer blog, the role of technology in academic writing, and the puzzle of post-PhD employability with Inger Mewburn.
Read MoreFor this 30-minute walk, Helen Sword discusses the role of daily writing habits and productivity in academic and professional writing with Patricia Goodson, the professor of health and kinesiology and exceptional writer.
Read MoreFor this 30-minute walk, Helen Sword discusses the role of rational thought in academic and professional writing with distinguished psycholinguist, fearless social commentator, and consummate prose stylist, Stephen Pinker.
Read MoreFor this 30-minute walk, Helen Sword discusses how concrete nouns and dynamic verbs can propel our prose as surely as muscles and bones propel our bodies. She also tells the story of how and why she came to publish a piece called “Nominalizations are Zombie Nouns” in the New York Times in 2012.
Read MoreFor this 30-minute walk, Helen Sword invites you to preview some key material from her upcoming Wordcraft Catalyst, a hands-on course for scholarly and professional writers who want to strengthen their writing muscles by leveraging the secrets of grammar, syntax, and style.
Read MoreHelen Sword invites you to join her for a walk on Waiheke Island and a metaphorical walk on the island of your writing practice. She encourages you to contemplate mindfuless and the stones in your pockets—heavy thoughts and problems—as you walk through a palm forest, up a steep hill, and across a beautiful bay.
Read MoreHelen Sword invites you to consider the emotions around writing and the power of positive influences. How can we transform our grumpy poodles—our pet hates of writing—into happy penguins to find more pleasure in our writing?
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