%0 Journal Article %T Post %A Graham Francis Badley %J Qualitative Inquiry %@ 1552-7565 %D 2019 %R 10.1177/1077800417736334 %X Academic writing is regularly criticized for its obscure and turgid prose, for its over-theoretical approach, and its reliance on jargon. In this essay, I suggest researchers and writers, especially qualitative inquirers, should move toward a more open and accessible style of ˇ°post-academicˇ± writing. Put simply, post-academic writing is human writing for human readers and is at its best when it takes on a storytelling form. The essay features discussion of seven ways of becoming post-academic writers %K academic writing %K ˇ°narrativism %K ˇ± %K humanism %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1077800417736334