WritingintheSciencesUnit1:Introduction;principlesofeffectivewriting1WritingintheSciencesModule1.1:Introduction21.1IntroductionTakeshavingWhatmakesgoodwriting?somethingtosayandclearthinking.„1.Goodwritingcommunicatesanideaclearlyandeffectively.„2.Goodwritingiselegantandstylish.Takestime,revision,andagoodeditor!31.1Introduction„Whatmakesagoodwriter?„Inborntalent?„YearsofEnglishandhumanitiesclasses?„Anartisticnature?„Theinfluenceofalcoholanddrugs?„Divineinspiration?41.1IntroductionWhatmakesagoodwriter:„Havingsomethingtosay.„Logicalthinking.„Afewsimple,learnablerulesofstyle(thetoolsyou’lllearninthisclass).Take-homemessage:Goodwritingcanbelearned!5Stepstobecomingabetterwriter:Inadditiontotakingthisclass,otherthingsyoucandotobecomeabetterwriter:„Read,payattention,andimitate.„Writeinajournal.„Letgoof“academic”writinghabits(deprogrammingstep!)„Talkaboutyourresearchbeforetryingtowriteaboutit.„Writetoengageyourreaders—trynottoborethem!„Stopwaitingfor“inspiration.”„Acceptthatwritingishardforeveryone.„Revise.Nobodygetsitperfectonthefirsttry.„Learnhowtocutruthlessly.Neverbecometooattachedtoyourwords.„Findagoodeditor!„Takerisks.6WritingintheSciencesModule1.2:Examplesofwhatnottodo7Disclaimer„Iomitexactcitationsfrommanyofmyexamplestoprotecttheinnocentandtheguilty.8Help!„ThiswasthefirstsentenceofanarticleintheJournalofClinicalOncology(Introductionsection):„“Adoptivecelltransfer(ACT)immunotherapyisbasedontheexvivoselectionoftumor-reactivelymphocytes,andtheiractivationandnumericalexpressionbeforereinfusiontotheautologoustumor-bearinghost.”„AskYourself:„Isthissentenceeasytounderstand?„Isthissentenceenjoyableandinterestingtoread?9Anotheramusingexample“Thesefindingsimplythattheratesofascorbateradicalproductionanditsrecyclingviadehydroascorbatereductatsetoreplenishtheascorbatepoolareequivalentatthelowerirradiance,butnotequivalentathigherirradiancewitht