A Guide to Academic Writing

How to Tame Your Essay

Irina Ruppo

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Routledge
07 November 2025

Creative writing & creative writing guides; Writing & editing guides; Literary theory; Literary studies: general; Communication studies

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. A Guide to Academic Writing 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.

By: Irina Ruppo
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032650111
ISBN 10: 1032650117
Pages: 162
Publication Date: 07 November 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

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

Irina Ruppo is manager of the Academic Writing Centre and a lecturer in English 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.