Chapter 26 Writing
26.0.1 Introduction
Communication of your research requires a thoughtful approach. How are you going to tell your story?
26.0.2 Books
Neil Gaiman, The View from the Cheap Seats, 2016
Stephen King, On Writing, 2000
- King’s Top 20 Rules for Writers, in summary form
26.0.3 Essays and Articles
George Orwell, 1946, Politics and the English Language
Van Savage and Pamela Yeh, 2019-09-26, Novelist Cormac McCarthy’s tips on how to write a great science paper (at nature.com)
Rob Dimeo, sketch of “The Infectiousness of Pompous Language”
“How to construct a Nature summary paragraph” (advice on how to write an abstract)
26.0.4 Podcasts
Of particular note from a “writing about numbers” perspective are
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Episode #97, (2014) discussing his article in The Atlantic, “The Case for Reparations’
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