Improving your scientific writing: a short guide

Here I present suggestions for improving your scientific writing. Over the years I have given the same advice to young scientists again and again, and

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Improving your scientific writing: a short guide

Here I present suggestions for improving your scientific writing. Over the years I have given the same advice to young scientists again and again, and some have told me it was useful. Write in short sentences. Cut out every unnecessary word. Start paragraphs with strong topic sentences. Simplify wherever possible. Let the facts carry the story.