A Guide to Academic Writing: How to Tame Your Essay

by Irina Ruppo

Overview

A Guide to Academic Writing: How to Tame Your Essay presents a holistic approach to writing in academia. To master academic writing, it is not enough to learn specific rules and conventions. Writers need to break down the process of writing and see how its various components, from researching to drafting, influence the final outcome. They must also understand how their emotions, social interactions, behavioural patterns, and attitudes to their craft impact their writing. How to Tame your Essay offers this training.

At the heart of the book is a four-week course with each week dedicated to a specific aspect of the writer’s training, and each day dedicated to one of the five components of the writing process. The course is supplemented by additional materials called ‘weekend readings’, featuring personal stories about writing challenges, reflections on conversations with students and discussions of writing samples.

The book aims to empower students throughout their writing journey, offering a solid framework for improving their approach to writing in addition to warm advice and stories born of many years of tutoring, teaching, and writing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032650098
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/07/2025
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Irina Ruppo  is a lecturer in English and manager of the Academic Writing Centre at University of Galway. She is a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Trinity College Dublin, and University of Galway. Her interests include academic writing pedagogy, literary reception studies, and translation.  

Table of Contents

Introduction    

The Structure Of This Book: The Two Models   

How To Use This Book: Choose Your Path       

 

Week One: the Craft of Writing.

Week Two: Good Habits          

Week Three: Writing and Feelings        

Week Four: Writing And The Social Sphere      

Appendix: Guides on specific Writing Issues