LISS DTP Reading like a writer: how reading can improve writing

For researchers, reading to increase knowledge is obviously important. Less obvious is how our reading can improve our writing. In this workshop we’ll read like writers, i.e. unpick the techniques writers use to create different effects; dissect the choices writers make and analyse how and why they make them; and identify writerly ways not just with words but also with punctuation.

2 hour workshop

Schedule

10 -12:00 Workshop (online via Zoom) on 21 October

10-12:00 on 29 November *ADDITIONAL DATE ADDED DUE TO DEMAND*

Facilitator

Katie Grant FHEA co-created the Advancing Academic Writing website for the University of Glasgow where she was the Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow for three years. A columnist, broadcaster, author of ten novels (Sedition, her latest, is published by Virago), chair of judging panel for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction and occasional book reviewer for the New York Times, she uses her broad experience to help improve the quality, reach and impact of writing for all levels of HE and beyond. Familiarity with the practical, emotional and organisational challenges of writing for deadlines and for different audiences informs all her work in universities and with DTEs. From September 2021 she will be the RLF Writing Fellow at the University of Strathclyde. As a professional writer, she understands from first-hand the importance of getting writing done and getting it done well.