Program Day1 (Nov. 18)

14:30 ~ 15:30 Writing

  • First, most scientific writers aren’t born geniuses, but develop facility with writing by deliberately practicing the craft. Second, the goal of all scientific writing is clarity: effortless transfer of information or argument from writer to reader. Third, it’s enormously helpful for writers to think consciously about their own writing behavior.

- Stephen B. Heard

We discuss writing in today's publication environment, and the more global aspects involved in transferring your work efficiently to the reader - organization, style, length.

16:00 ~ 17:00 Editing

  • You can write by ear, you can write by instinct, but you have to edit analytically. . . It takes time, it takes diligence, it takes attention. . . You will be a better writer because you are a better editor of your own prose.

- John E. McIntyre

We discuss the more local aspects of writing - words, sentences, paragraphs.