Engaging our bodies in deciding what we write (by telling us what matters) and how we write (by bringing bodily intelligence to the writing process) results in more impactful writing according to Donna and Amanda. While traditional academic writing silences bodies in order to fashion ‘objective’ knowledge, this chapter provides personal and practical ways to liberate bodily knowing so that it can more freely inform our writing projects.

This article was written with Chris Grey while Amanda was visiting on a fellowship at Cambridge University. The piece challenges academics to think about how and why they write - to discourage pompous, impenetrable writing – and they argue – in what they hope is an entertaining way - for funny, beguiling and surprising writing.