A complete Works Cited list begins on page 63. Mention of commercial products does not indicate endorsement. Faculty Lori L. Alexander, MTPW, ELS, MWC, is President of Editorial Rx, Inc., which provides medical writing and editing services on a wide variety of clinical topics and in a range of media. A medical writer and editor for more than 30 years, Ms. Alexander has written for both professi...

A complete Works Cited list begins on page 63. Mention of commercial products does not indicate endorsement. Faculty Lori L. Alexander, MTPW, ELS, MWC, is President of Editorial Rx, Inc., which provides medical writing and editing services on a wide variety of clinical topics and in a range of media. A medical writer and editor for more than 30 years, Ms. Alexander has written for both professi...

Engaging in the scientific publication process can be for both altruistic and egotistical reasons; publication advances the state of scientific knowledge while advancing your institution and your career. Writing for publication means setting aside a location and time dedicated entirely to the process of planning and writing. It is easiest to begin with the Methods section, then the Results, fol...

Forty-three women newly diagnosed with breast cancer participated in this study, which examined the role of expressive journal writing characteristics on mood over the course of a 12-week support group. Writing was analyzed using the linguistic inquiry and word count program. Writing characteristics that were examined included: average word count, number of journal entries, positive and negativ...

We distinguish obscure writing from difficult writing, and argue that refereed journal publications in all disciplines can—and should—be written without undefined terminology, with identifiable claims, and with arguments for those claims. Conventional practices in mathematics, for instance, yield this outcome. There is a place for obscure writing—and potential value in obscure writing. But it w...

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