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I am tired of academic writers who don't care about their readers.
I am tired of academic writers who assume that something that seems obvious and clear to them is also obvious and clear to anyone else, and requires no explanation in the text.
I am tired of academic writers who don't understand that it sometimes helps to encounter A before B.
It's not enough to say that A is somewhere in the paper, so doesn't need to be introduced early. We read text in time. Don't make it a mosaic.
It's not enough to say that A is somewhere in the paper, so doesn't need to be introduced early. We read text in time. Don't make it a mosaic.
Am I tired of jargon? Sure. But I'm also tired of obscurantism that doesn't rely on jargon. I'm also really tired of the passive voice.
I am tired of academic writers thinking their seniority, prestige, or age makes their writing flawless.
By the way, "readers" in this sense need not be a general audience. There's a generosity in writing so members of your specific field understand you. Even co-specialists don't share all the same knowledge and references.
