by Brian Waters | Aug 16, 2021 | Process, Professional Development, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing Tips
Course giveaways! To celebrate the launch of our second course and first coaching package, the Scientific Writing School is going to give away enrollment for up to 5 students in each of our current offerings! Here is what you need to do to be considered: 1. ...
by Brian Waters | May 9, 2020 | Writing Tips
The title of this post might be a little misleading. It is a play on words, as the term “has-been” refers to “one that has passed the peak of effectiveness or popularity” according to Merriam-Webster. But this post is not about washed-up scientists. In this post I...
by Brian Waters | Jan 5, 2020 | Book reviews, Publishing, Writing Tips
When writing manuscripts to publish in scientific journals or your thesis chapters, is there any room for creativity? Scientific journals have a rigid format, most of them being IMRaD (Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, and Discussion). There are a few...
by Brian Waters | Jan 2, 2020 | Process, Writing Tips
I hope you have some big goals for this year, and the years to follow. I know I do! But, how do you get there without becoming overwhelmed? What always helps me is to sit down and make a plan. Taking on a writing project is not different; you need a plan. So, what...
by Brian Waters | Dec 16, 2019 | Process, Writing Tips
Earlier I wrote a post on how to get started in a writing session. Today I’m going to talk about good ways to stop a writing session, and also bad ways to stop a writing session. You know that you need to write to finish your paper or proposal. You know that you...
by Brian Waters | Dec 8, 2019 | Writing Tips
I often tell my students that the Introduction is the most important part of a scientific paper, in terms of setting up the rest of the paper to make it easy to write, and in terms of making it easy for the readers to be able to follow the rest of the paper. If the...
