I have always enjoyed writing, whether I'm writing free form, stream of consciousness in my journal, writing a letter to a friend, creating a social media post, or venting frustrations to translate them from the jumble in my head into words on a page, writing is a release for me.

As we progress through each passing week in this academic writing course, I find myself effectively building a toolbox to help better guide my words as I write. Now, as we enter into our tenth week of learning, I am embarking on a new journey, and adding another tool to my toolbox: writing a literature review. Let me start by saying that a literature review is not at all what I expected it would be; I originally took the words "literature review" at face value, assuming I would be reviewing one piece of literature. What I have learned is that this type of work it is so much more than that, and involves researching, reading and reviewing far more than only one piece of literature.

Stay tuned over the coming months; the format and frequency of this podcast will be shifting to include a new range of topics and maybe even a few guests!

Reference for todays episode:

Academic Writing Help Centre, University of Ottawa. (2010, September 26). Writing kit: Writing a literature review.

https://web.archive.org/web/20100926113145/http://www.sass.uottawa.ca:80/writing/kit/grad-literature-review.php