ABSTRACT
As well as 'getting it written', however, there is the question of quality. How can one write a successful book as well as succeed ~n writing it? This kind of success depends on one's aims. There are many forms of writing, and writers have a number of different purposes. I am mainly concerned in this book with academic writing such as appears in books, learned journals, theses and dissertations, conference papers, research reports, commissioned articles, and the professional media. A successful product, therefore, involves work being judged of sufficient quality to be accepted for such things as publication - and receiving reasonable reviews from one's peers, the award of a postgraduate degree, lodging in the British Library by a research agency, or a conference presentation.
