The Little Mermaid Complex: Finding Your Voice In Academic Writing

It can be difficult to find a balance between your own voice and what is perceived to be an appropriate "Academic" tone.  Often first-year writers affect an overly formal tone and use vocabulary they are unfamiliar with to try and achieve an academic voice.  Carrie, Janette, and Bill discuss how to find your own voice in academic writing and how to avoid losing yourself in a faux-objective, affected voice.