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When I think about academic writing I feel my writing is not good enough, should not be in the same arena as academia. I chose this picture because I feel it captures that feeling on not being a mature writer. It really does take me forever just to even start writing because I want the first sentence to be perfect. I need to be better of just writing and not care what the first draft looks like because it's a first draft.

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I think this captures my thoughts on academic writing. It looks good but I often find it very inaccessible. As a practitioner, I often think that academic writing is purposely confusing and could benefit from being more accessible.

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When I consider my thoughts and feelings about academic writing I feel that my thoughts go in a few directions. When I write it's important for me to have an outline of my thoughts to ensure I have a path forward. Without that I find my writing may stray into a different direction. Sometimes I get writer's block so having some notes on thoughts helps push me past the block.

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When I think about academic writing, I feel like I can be all over the place. Although I know there is not one way to go, sometimes I wrapped up in which direction I want to take the written piece. Then I feel lost and notice that I am just staring at a blank screen. Deep down inside, I know I just need to get started, let it flow, and stop overanalyzing.

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I need to learn to not go on and on with my writing. Sometimes I think I write too much and then end up going on a tangent or not connecting my thoughts together. I also need to learn more about how to connect key concepts that flow together.

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Overflowing or empty -- I think for me writing and academic writing feels a little like feast or famine. I either have a lot to say or I struggle to say anything. Both of these things cause stress.

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I feel like this is me!! I know what I want to say but actually writing it is one thing, then justifying with scholarly sources is another.

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I want to be more concise. Right now I feel like I am summarizing and critiquing individual articles and stringing all together. I need to get to a place where I can synthesize 2 or 3 or more articles with precision. Lots of words in a little/limited space.

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When I think of academic writing the first thing that comes to mind is how it isn't accessible to all. I think about who the writing is for if the language that is being used isn't something that the uneducated population will be able to follow. I think about how when I participate in any academic writing, I used to spend so much time trying to sound like other scholars because my voice doesn't sound academic and what that means.

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Take 2! I didn’t hit publish.

Academic writing is frustrating to me more often than not. If the ideas aren’t flowing, the writing doesn’t either. Hence, I want to bite or crunch on something! However, when it does flow… it is beautiful and I feel accomplished.

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I used to think about academic writing as a gatekeeper--if you can't speak and write like a scholar (as defined by the old boys club of academia), then you don't get a seat at the academic table.  It is interesting to me that if you cannot follow APA7 exactly, then your ideas somehow hold less value.  As I have been reading more dissertations, journals, and other academic writing, though, I have grown to appreciate the structured and predictability of most writing.  Because I know how the text will be organized, I can focus on the ideas within the text. I've also encountered some rogue dissertations and articles that have presented ideas through performance pieces, rap, or poems, so I wonder if maybe that gate won't be keeping people out much longer.

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I feel like when I write I have an idea of what I want to write but then when it comes down to putting words on paper it comes out a mess... Which leads to multiple revisions to get it right. Which I have learned is okay.

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Sometimes writing feels like a chore more than a pleasurable activity - particularly as my mind wanders and my body tries to do the same.