Finding time to write!
This post is prompted from a conversation with my CUR mentee, a relatively new faculty member who asked for advice on finding time to write. Though I am not necessarily the best role model for this, one thing that has worked for me (at least when I've been able to do it!) is a regular research writing session with a colleague, not a chemist, but another faculty member in a different discipline. Since our second year as faculty members, we set aside one afternoon per week to have lunch and then sequester ourselves away in the library or other out of the way place to write for the afternoon.
Hilary Eppley / DePauw University
Thu, 07/23/2009 - 16:47
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What are your favorite resources for writing research papers?
Barbara Reisner / James Madison University
Thu, 07/02/2009 - 02:12
Yesterday, I went to an outstanding talk by Simon Peyton Jones on how to write a scientific paper. It was directed towards people in CS writing a manuscript for a conference proceedings, but it was still broadly applicable. That got me thinking about other resources on writing research papers and how can we best help students learn to write about their research.
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Abstract humor
Maggie Geselbracht / Reed College
Thu, 04/09/2009 - 01:06
Here is something one of my undergraduate thesis students found and showed me today: a helpful guide to writing abstracts. I am tempted to forward this on to my inorganic lab students, but I shudder to read their lab report abstracts afterwards!
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