Kaun Lab
Organizing Your Abstract
Abstracts can be tricky to write because they are so succinct so every word matters. The most difficult part is figuring out the best way...
top of page
Kaun Lab
Oct 26, 20211 min read
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...
20 views0 comments
Kaun Lab
Oct 26, 20211 min read
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,...
28 views0 comments
Kaun Lab
Oct 24, 20211 min read
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...
28 views0 comments
Kaun Lab
Oct 24, 20211 min read
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....
47 views0 comments
Kaun Lab
Oct 24, 20212 min read
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....
22 views0 comments
Kaun Lab
Oct 24, 20211 min read
Storyboarding
Storyboarding is essentially sketching out scenes from a story and putting them in the right order when developing a video, animation or...
20 views0 comments
Kaun Lab
Oct 23, 20211 min read
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...
45 views5 comments
Kaun Lab
Oct 23, 20211 min read
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...
19 views0 comments
Kaun Lab
Oct 23, 20211 min read
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...
27 views0 comments
Kaun Lab
Oct 23, 20211 min read
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...
10 views0 comments
Kaun Lab
Oct 23, 20211 min read
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...
60 views0 comments
Kaun Lab
Oct 23, 20211 min read
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...
217 views0 comments
Kaun Lab
Oct 23, 20211 min read
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...
18 views0 comments
Kaun Lab
Oct 23, 20211 min read
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...
56 views0 comments
Kaun Lab
Oct 23, 20211 min read
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....
24 views0 comments
Kaun Lab
Oct 23, 20211 min read
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...
28 views0 comments
bottom of page