Voices, Tenses & Paragraphs
Writing-Advice Blog
About Our Blog
Our Writing-Advice Approach
I learned how to write in academia the traditional way. Given a set of data, I wrote my manuscript, and my co-authors edited and critiqued. It took me years to get any good as a writer, because co-author teams focused mainly on the content—not on the mechanics of writing:
When used right, writing techniques are invisible.
After starting sayedit.com and working with EFL authors for a few years, I realized the best way to understand a writing technique is by using it to rewrite excerpts of famous, often cited articles. Because the significance of famous articles is established, any improvement on rewriting immediately stands out. The essence of this blog stems from this approach.
Voices, Tenses & Paragraphs does the rewriting for you. Our main approach produces excerpt makeovers of often-cited academic articles. These makeovers are designed to show how features of the English language can structure information to tell a story.
After reading our blog, if you find yourself noticing someone’s verb-tenses at a poster session; or getting annoyed at the author of an anticipated article for not using paragraphs; or rereading one of our posts before writing your own introduction—look no further! Our approach is working for you. Be sure to subscribe and let us know!
Patrick Han & the [ sayedit.com ] team
Publication Lists
What We've Done So Far
For your consideration, we list our past editing and translation work that are published in peer-reviewed journals with corresponding links. Note: * indicates where Nova Evaluation was used.
- Jun Kasai, J.; Koyama, T.; Yokota, M.; Iwaya, K. Development of a Near-5-Kelvin, Cryogen-Free, Pulse-Tube Refrigerator-Based Scanning Probe Microscope. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 2022, 93, 043711.
- Katsuyama, Y.; Kobayashi, H.; Iwase, K.; Gambe, Y.; Honma, I. Are Redox-Active Organic Small Molecules Applicable for High-Voltage (>4 V) Lithium-Ion Battery Cathodes? Adv. Sci. 2022, 9, 2200187.
- Tomai, T.; Tang, L.; Toko, A.; Omura, Y.; Seong, G.; Adschiri, T. Facile Regeneration Strategy for Facet-Controlled Nanocatalysts via the Dissolution–Reprecipitation Process Promoted by an Organic Modifier. Chem. Mater. 2021, 33, 19, 7780–7784.
- Tomai, T.; Kimura, M.; Yoko, A.; Seong, G.; Adschiri, T. Solvent Accommodation Effect on Dispersibility of Metal Oxide Nanoparticle with Chemisorbed Organic Shell. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2021, 587, 574-580.
- Kuriya, K.; Ochiai, K.; Kalita, G.; Tanemura, M.; Komiya, A.; Kikugawa, G.; Ohara, T.; Yamashita, I.; Ohuchi, F. S.; Meyyappan, M.; Samukawa, S.; Washio, K.; Okada, T. Output Density Quantification of Electricity Generation by Flowing Deionized Water on Graphene. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2020, 117 (12), 123905.
- *Dai, X.; Komatsu, Y.; Shimizu, R.; Hitosugi, T. Diffusion of F Atoms from Fluoride Substrates Promotes the Epitaxial Growth of Metal Fluorides. Appl. Phys. Express 2020, 13 (8), 085507.
- Okada, T.; Kawashima, T.; Mori, T.; Washio, K. Effects of ZnO Buffer Layers on Growth, Electrical Properties and Crystallinity of Vanadium-Doped ZnO. Thin Solid Films 2020, 701, 137954.
- Kawasoko,; Shirasawa, T.; Shiraki, S.; Suzuki, T.; Kobayashi, S.; Nishio, K.; Shimizu, R.; Hitosugi, T. Low Interface Resistance in Solid-State Lithium Batteries Using Spinel LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4(111) Epitaxial Thin Films. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2020, 3 (2), 1358–1363.
- Shimizu, R.; Kakinokizono, T.; Gu, I.; Hitosugi, T. Epitaxial Growth of Single-Phase Magnesium Dihydride Thin Films. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58 (22), 15354–15358.
- Ortega, M. A.; Fernández-Garibay, X.; Castaño, A. G.; Chiara, F. D.; Hernández-Albors, A.; Balaguer-Trias, J.; Ramón-Azcón, J. Muscle-on-a-Chip with an on-Site Multiplexed Biosensing System for in Situ Monitoring of Secreted IL-6 and TNF-α. Lab Chip 2019, 19 (15), 2568–2580.
- Oguchi,; Kim, S.; Maruyama, S.; Horisawa, Y.; Takagi, S.; Sato, T.; Shimizu, R.; Matsumoto, Y.; Hitosugi, T.; Orimo, S. Epitaxial Film Growth of LiBH4 via Molecular Unit Evaporation. ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 2019, 1 (9), 1792–1796.
- Hernández-Albors, A.; Castaño, A. G.; Fernández-Garibay, X.; Ortega, M. A.; Balaguer, J.; Ramón-Azcón, J. Microphysiological Sensing Platform for an In-Situ Detection of Tissue-Secreted Cytokines. Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X 2019, 2, 100025.
- De Chiara, F.; Ureta Checcllo, C.; Ramón Azcón, J. High Protein Diet and Metabolic Plasticity in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Myths and Truths. Nutrients 2019, 11 (12), 2985.
- Shimizu, R.; Kobayashi, S.; Watanabe, Y.; Ando, Y.; Hitosugi, T. Autonomous Materials Synthesis by Machine Learning and Robotics. APL Mater. 2020, 8, 111110.
Shimizu, R.; Oguchi, H.; Hitosugi, T. Metal Hydrides: Epitaxial Growth and Electronic Properties. J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 2020, 89 (5), 051012.