How do you write a white paper that helps readers understand an issue, solve a problem, or make a decision? In this series I analyze white papers to see what lessons I can learn for my own writing in terms…
Announcing the comeback from an unexpectedly long hiatus of Voices, Tenses and Paragraphs
Here I discuss the formatting dos and don’ts of a grant application. These strategies focus on the text-setting and figure-formatting elements for maximizing the readability of your document. First, you need to accept three things about the referees reading your…
Writing serval ideas in one long sentence can convey more than stating the same ideas in individual sentences. Here are some advice on how to use the semicolon to juxtapose ideas and bring out the desired message in academic prose.…
Before the end of 2020, I just wanted to share an online text analyzing tool that might help your writing: Aztekera’s “To Be” Verb Analyzer. I review this neat tool to use when you need a quick way to check…
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