i'm trying to submit also, hopefully will fit in last few hours :)) - Alexey

What's your favorite resource for becoming a better scientific writer? - Donnie Berkholz

@Donnie: I follow the advice of my advisor who told me to be kind to the reader by remembering to explain/teach. For mechanics and tips, I like Elements of Style (make each word tell) http://www.amazon.com/Element... - Maureen

Maybe we can have a FF meet-up at ASH in RL, Alexey (and others?) - Maureen

@Donnie: one of tools for me is blogging, it's different from writing papers of course, but still very useful if english is the second language - Alexey

@Maureen - sure! If I'll complete submission today and will get confirmation :)) - Alexey

I was originally unclear. Consequently, those ideas, while good for writing in general, aren't quite what I'm looking for. I'm an English expert, and I can write casually just fine. What I'm looking for is books/websites/etc specific to writing good scientific papers & grant proposals. - Donnie Berkholz

I didn't read books, but i attended seminar "scientific writing", i'm actually very bad at it, so my PI do a lot for it, also many many books written about it - http://www.amazon.com/s... - Alexey

submitted, hopefully can make FF meeting in San-Francisco on December - Alexey

Problem with scientific writing is that we only do it when necessary and relatively infrequently; i.e. at grant time or paper submission time. So I agree that blogging can be a way to make you write more frequently and keep in practice. Best way to improve: force yourself to take on more paper/grant writing and have a successful mentor criticise your writing. - Neil Saunders

thanks Neil, I agree - Alexey

Would be nice if blogging could be part of scientific writing -- when it comes time to put a paper together or a conference abstract, just gather up blog posts and edit... - Bill Hooker

Bit late now, but read FSP's latest post on science writing here: http://science-professor.blogspot.com/2008... - Heather

The Good Paper Journal Club is a Nature Network forum on science writing. Links to many resources and examples of well-written papers: http://network.nature.com/group... - Martin Fenner

Thank you Martin, that was a really useful site - Aarthy

Martin & Heather, thanks for the excellent links. The comments in the blog post are quite interesting, both those who agree and disagree. - Donnie Berkholz

hey Maureen, it's getting close, what about FF meeting in San Francisco? Somebody else would like to join? - Alexey

@Alexey, yes, let's meet. I am arriving Thursday for Friday Am satellite. I'm just putting my schedule together now. - Maureen