Counterintuitive Writer

The Counterintuitive Writer takes a new perspective on academic writing, encouraging readers to follow the road "less travelled" as they figure out what they want to write and how to write it.
Using easy-to-understand examples, practical exercises, and innovative approaches that apply to various types of writing, this text guides the reader on how to:
• Overcome writer's block

• Develop a focused topic

• Organize essays, reports and research papers

• Apply the principle of "predictable structure and unpredictable content" to capture - and hold - readers' attention

• Craft a compelling introduction and conclusion

• Write concise, coherent paragraphs

• Summarize key points; and

• Avoid common writing pitfalls, including logical fallacies, unintentional plagiarism, and grammatical errors.