Tips for Research Writing

Writing scientific research papers has much in common with the type of writing I did as a technical writer, requiring accurate and clear presentation of complex information. This article describes five common mistakes in research writing and explains how to fix them.

This part applies to almost any knid of writing:

Your results may be complicated, but your writing shouldn’t be. You may think that obscure words or complicated sentences make you sound clever but it is far more effective to use simple language that your reader will understand and enjoy reading.