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I am looking for some good CHEMISTRY WRITING exercises to use with my research group. e.g. re-writing sentences and paragraphs etc. Any suggestions? Thread below is the writing resources I use. 1/10 #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #writingtips #ozchem #chemistry #publishing
Whitesides' priceless tips is always a great place to start. 2/10 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adma.200400767
The Science of Scientific Writing by George Gopen and Judith Swan. 3/10 https://www.americanscientist.org/blog/the-long-view/the-science-of-scientific-writing
Andrea Armani’s 10-step formula for writing a scientific paper 4/10 https://spie.org/news/photonics-focus/janfeb-2020/how-to-write-a-scientific-paper?SSO=1
Novelist Cormac McCarthy’s tips on how to write a great science paper 5/10 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02918-5
ACS Style Guide has a lot of good material but it a bit dry. 6/10 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/book/10.1021/acsguide
English Communication for Scientists by Nature Education is a good resource. 7/10 https://www.nature.com/scitable/ebooks/english-communication-for-scientists-14053993/126083980/
Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students has some good ideas. 8/10 http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/handbook/
The Duke Graduate School Scientific Writing Resource
I think has the best resources I have found. But very bio-centric and I'd love a "chemistry" (or physical sciences) version! 9/10 https://sites.duke.edu/scientificwriting/
I think has the best resources I have found. But very bio-centric and I'd love a "chemistry" (or physical sciences) version! 9/10 https://sites.duke.edu/scientificwriting/
If you know of any other good resources online, please let me know! 10/10
I did also read Joshua Schimel's book as @Martinp23 had a copy. It has come good bits in it I really like too. https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Science-Papers-Proposals-Funded-dp-0199760233/dp/0199760233
