Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Darwin's struggle with academic writing


I just came across this quote from Charles Darwin which I think is pertinent:

"I am just now beginning to discover the difficulty of expressing one's ideas on paper. As long as it consists solely of description it is pretty easy: but where reasoning comes into play, to make proper connections, a clearness and a moderate fluency, is to me a difficulty of which I had no idea."

So, if you find academic writing a struggle, remember you are not alone!

(quote from http://www.wmin.ac.uk/sshl/page-981
image courtesy of Colin Purrington)

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