How to write DISCUSSION in research paper
Get ready for the most comprehensive overview you’ll ever find for how to write DISCUSSION in a research paper! Whatever your experience, I guarantee you’ll find something in this post that simplifies writing your next discussion! Learn the key parts of your discussion and how they fit together into 3 major sections that ensure the reader can see why your work is important […]
Do you make these 6 rookie mistakes in your abstract?
We get it, abstract writing is hard. Writing a great abstract requires condensing a lot of key info about your study into a very short space while convincing a reader to read your paper. Yikes. The good news is that simply learning to diagnose and fix these 6 common abstract mistakes will already elevate your abstract and make it clear to your reader why your work is important and deserves to be published! BUT, most abstracts make at least one! […]
Overcome WRITER’S BLOCK and get back to writing in <30 min
Writer’s block is a complicated issue that stems from causes ranging from basic procrastination to not taking the time to establish healthy writing habits. This second post in our writer’s block series gives 7 tips to overcome writer’s block by helping you keep your focus on your writing project and giving your brain the space it needs to process ideas. More importantly, all can […]
How to overcome writer’s block in <1 min with 8 proven strategies!
While many tips for how to overcome writer’s block are preventative in nature and include things like setting up good writing habits and routines, these are long-term solutions that don’t help if what you really need is words on paper right now. So this first installment in my series on overcoming writer’s block provides my best 8 tips for how […]
Why was my scientific paper/grant rejected? What to do when the importance isn’t clear.
It is not uncommon for the importance to be unclear in your scientific research paper or grant. This problem that comes in a lot of forms… “Even though I KNOW my work is a good fit for the journals I am submitting to, I keep getting desk rejected from every one!” “My grants NEVER get […]
[Spring 2022] Scientific grant writing: biggest mistakes and how to avoid them
I start my workshop on scientific grant writing by asking audience if they think a grant proposal should be more like a magazine or a newspaper. What do you think? The attendees are usually split about 50/50 on this one. The ones that pick B want to pack in as much information as possible, but the ones […]
Grant Writing Mindset: How to think about your scientific proposal
Writing a scientific grant proposal is REALLY HARD, especially because the grant writing mindset is very different from that of writing a research paper. Luckily, I find that for many writers, getting into the correct mindset and keeping the reader in mind can help fix many of the common mistakes in grant writing. So, here […]
How to write a scientific CV that stands out
Application season is going to be here before we know it, so its a great month to cover how to write a scientific CV that stands out. To make sure we cover all of the bases, we start at the beginning with choosing your CV style and layout before moving on to the information that […]
When to hyphenate adjectives in scientific writing
If knowing when to hyphenate adjectives (or not) is something you’ve just never managed to figure out, don’t worry – you are far from alone! Here we break down a simple test you can use to see when you need to apply this grammar rule to hyphenate adjectives in your writing. Prefer a video? If […]
When to use WHICH versus THAT in scientific writing
When to use which versus that in a sentence is a grammar rule that seems to puzzle even the best of science writers. It seems to me that more often than not in papers, writers pick one at random for each sentence. There IS actually a rule for when to use which versus that, though… […]