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Writers on writing: John Mearsheimer

John J. Mearsheimer is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. He is most well known as an international relations theorist and a strong advocate of the realist school. He has written several … Continue reading

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Writers on writing: Robert Caro

Robert Caro is an American journalist and historian most famous for his multi-volume biography of the US President, Lyndon Johnson. As a journalist accustomed to working to producing pithy copy to tight deadlines, and a biographer whose monumental studies are … Continue reading

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Writers on writing: J.K. Rowling

I liked this short, but helpful, advice from J.K. Rowling, who knows a thing or two about writing, in response to a desperate tweet from a student struggling with a dissertation.

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Writers on writing: Stephen King

I’ve just finished reading Stephen King’s, On Writing: a memoir of the craft. It is part memoir and part guide book for the aspiring writer. I have observed in the past that while, one hopes, there may be significant differences between what goes into a work of … Continue reading

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Writers on writing: Ian Rankin

On the face of it there may be little similarity between the social sciences and crime fiction, but I often find that there is a great deal to be learnt from professional novelists. The one thing we do have in … Continue reading

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