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    Preparing Scientific Papers
    Kaun Lab
    • Oct 26, 2021
    • 1 min

    Preparing Scientific Papers

    At a recent Carney Methods Meet-up (https://www.brown.edu/carney/news-events/carney-methods-meetups), hosted by the Scientific Director...
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    Kaun Lab
    • Oct 26, 2021
    • 1 min

    Reaching Your Writing Goals

    Writing always takes me longer that I think it will. It doesn't matter what I'm writing: manuscripts, grants, emails, paper reviews,...
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    Kaun Lab
    • Oct 24, 2021
    • 1 min

    Helpful Blogs And Books

    My favorite book is "Writing Science in Plain English" by Anne E. Greene. I keep it close at hand when I'm editing because it explains...
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    Kaun Lab
    • Oct 24, 2021
    • 1 min

    How To Start Writing a Manuscript

    In which order should you start writing? In all honesty, if you're motivated to write a particular section, start there and go go go....
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    Kaun Lab
    • Oct 24, 2021
    • 2 min

    Staying On Task When Writing

    One of the hardest things about writing is getting the motivation to start, and then staying motivated and focused through the process....
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    Kaun Lab
    • Oct 24, 2021
    • 1 min

    Storyboarding

    Storyboarding is essentially sketching out scenes from a story and putting them in the right order when developing a video, animation or...
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    Kaun Lab
    • Oct 23, 2021
    • 1 min

    Bias In Citations

    Science is performed by people and all people have biases. Scientific papers by women and people of color are undercited compared to...
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    Kaun Lab
    • Oct 23, 2021
    • 1 min

    Writing Exercises

    Here are some writing exercises that you can do to practice some of your style and grammar skills. Many of them are directly from...
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    Kaun Lab
    • Oct 23, 2021
    • 1 min

    Making Figures

    I like clean looking figures that show all the raw data, are big enough that you can read without zooming in a million times, are aligned...
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    Kaun Lab
    • Oct 23, 2021
    • 1 min

    Style and Grammar Tips

    The main rule in science writing is to ensure your prose is clear and concise so your audience understands the points you are trying to...
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    Kaun Lab
    • Oct 23, 2021
    • 1 min

    How Do I Know If I'm Plagiarizing?

    Plagiarism is taking someone's else's words or work and representing it as your own. It is way more common that you think and sometimes...
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    Kaun Lab
    • Oct 23, 2021
    • 1 min

    How To Write A Detailed Outline

    The purpose of an detailed outline (something akin to an annotated bibliography) is to provide the reader with a summary and evaluation...
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    Kaun Lab
    • Oct 23, 2021
    • 1 min

    Staring At A Blank Page

    To me, the hardest part of writing a manuscript is staring at the blank page on my computer. Here are a few tips for how to avoid staring...
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    Kaun Lab
    • Oct 23, 2021
    • 1 min

    Component Parts of Manuscripts

    The beauty of science writing is that the format is very predictable. When writing a manuscript here are the sections: Title Authors and...
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    Kaun Lab
    • Oct 23, 2021
    • 1 min

    How To Read And Understand Scientific Papers

    In order to write an effective scientific paper, it really helps if you've had some practice reading and reviewing scientific papers....
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    Kaun Lab
    • Oct 23, 2021
    • 1 min

    Receiving And Giving Feedback

    Writing is a process, and all science manuscripts go through many, many, many versions before they are published. Sometimes it's so many...
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