I have read A TON of books on writing over the past few years, and I had vaguely remembered that someone recommended Eric Hayot’s “The Elements of Academic Style” to me, but I could not for the life of me remember who it was (Bertha Angulo, at ITAM, now I remember). Anyhow, this thread summarizes my reading notes of Hayot’s book.
I take handwritten, Cole’s Notes of all books I read on writing, habits, self-improvement, etc. I drew a few good lessons from Ch 3, which is the one I believe summarizes and links to much of what I write about on my blog. pic.twitter.com/gbqYmU9gea
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) September 4, 2019
To conclude, an amazing device I plan to replicate in my own book on how to do academia: “here are the types of genres of books on #AcWri and here’s why you should read mine”. Hayot does this masterfully. 10/10 recommend this book.
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— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) September 4, 2019
As I explained in a separate Twitter thread, Hayot, like other authors, writes WORKBOOKS. This means, these aren’t books to just read once and “get down to it”. These are books to read, come back to them, use their built-in exercises, etc. In that thread I recommended a few authors and their books too.
Conclusion:10/10 recommend.
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