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Writing is Like Forecasting

July 30, 2010   Filed under Excerpts  

This section is published in the June 2010 issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Volume 91, p. 791.

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Recommended Reading

January 29, 2010   Filed under Blog, Excerpts, Featured, Posters, Potpourri, Presentations, Resources, Reviewing, Writing  

Previously, I provided three items of essential reading. Here are other books that I highly recommend for improving your scientific communication skills. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READING ON WRITING Cook (1986): Line by Line: How to Edit Your Own Writing delivers a thorough accounting of the editing process. The book deals mainly with sentence-level revisions and contains … read more

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Appendix B: Commonly Misused Scientific Words and Expressions

November 5, 2009   Filed under Excerpts, Writing  

Download a sample chapter from the book.

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Chapter 8: Constructing Effective Paragraphs

November 5, 2009   Filed under Excerpts, Writing  

Download a sample chapter from the book.

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Excerpt: Three Items of Essential Reading

August 22, 2009   Filed under Excerpts, Resources  

This is an excerpt from the For Further Reading section at the end of the book.

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Excerpt: Chapter 3: Writing an Effective Title

August 18, 2009   Filed under Excerpts, Featured  

This is an excerpt from Chapter 3: Writing an Effective Title.

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