Stereotypical academic writing is rigid, dry, and mechanical, delivering prose that evokes memories of high school and undergraduate laboratory reports. The hallmark of this stereotype is passive ...

Writing in science -- Science writing as story telling -- Making a story sticky -- Story structure -- The opening -- The funnel : connecting O and C -- The challenge -- The action -- The resolution -- ...

This handout is available for download in DOCX format and PDF format. While there is significant continuity across academic writing in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, there are also ...

Writing sits at the intersection of thinking, communication, and assessment; it is both the means through which students ...

Students in UWS learn that all writing is motivated (sometimes also referred to as the question, problem, so what?, or what’s at stake?). Everything, from an analytical essay to a grant proposal to a ...

This includes not writing in the first person and avoiding emotionally charged language. This contributes to your credibility as a writer. Room for improvement: “My patient is really sick and I feel ...