Do you love to write or edit and love biology? There are a number of career options that allow you to combine these two passions. First, ask yourself whether you love scientific writing or love ...

Writing in science -- Science writing as story telling -- Making a story sticky -- Story structure -- The opening -- The funnel : connecting O and C -- The challenge -- The action -- The resolution -- ...

Science writers describe discoveries and commercial developments in all branches of science, engineering, medicine, and environmental science. They explain the impact these discoveries have on the ...

I feel like I have found a reference to keep on my shelf for the rest of my career […] In fact, after reading Writing Science in Plain English, I want to go back and edit every journal article I have ...

Stereotypical academic writing is rigid, dry, and mechanical, delivering prose that evokes memories of high school and undergraduate laboratory reports. The hallmark of this stereotype is passive ...

This handout is available for download in DOCX format and PDF format. While there is significant continuity across academic writing in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, there are also ...

British readers might have caught wind of a new Guardian/Wellcome Trust Science Writing prize, aimed at finding the “next generation of undiscovered science writing talent.” Since the announcement, ...

I entered 2020 thinking of myself as a science writer. I ended the year less sure. While the first sparks of the COVID-19 pandemic ignited at the end of 2019, I was traipsing through a hillside in ...

Anne Vilen is a writer and school coach for EL Education and an author of Learning that Lasts: Challenging, Engaging, and Empowering Students with Deeper Instruction (2016). Previously, she taught ...

The new question-of-the-week is: How do you integrate writing in science classes? Writing is a critical skill for students to learn, and its development does not have to be limited to English class.