Publications are the currency of academia. And yet, many people in the sciences, and especially mathematics, are never actually taught how to write. More specifically, they are not taught how to edit, redraft and revise their material so that the presentation is optimal for the reader. Most academic articles are appallingly written, even by native English speakers. One of the core problems is that most scientists hate writing and put only the bare minimum of effort into it. Furthermore, academic articles too often read like a first draft, with little understanding that all writing is editing. However, academic writing is a skill like any other that can be broken down into stages. This book will go through the detailed process of assembling an article, from first drafts to writing abstracts to revision to responding to reviewers, illustrated with multiple versions of worked examples as well as what not to do.

Contents:

• The First Draft: This is Not Your Manuscript


• The Introduction: The Goldilocks of Writing


• Collation: Filling in the Gaps


• Refinement: This Is Where Your Manuscript Truly Begins...


• Sentence Logic: Following Through What You Started


• Responding to Professional Feedback: The Most Important Writing You Will Ever Do


• What's Next?: Talking the Talk


• Summary: Don't Be Dull

Readership: Undergraduates, graduates and researchers in the field of sciences.

Key Features:

• This book gives a step-by-step guide to the self-editing process


• This book is based on a workshop given in multiple countries (many of them with an audience for whom English was not their first language), and it has received enormous acclaim every time. Indeed, the first time it was presented, in India, the initial audience started texting their friends to come, growing the final numbers by more than five times the initial participants. In the Philippines, there were over 200 people attending. Multiple students have emailed the author after taking the workshop to say that this was the breakthrough they needed


• In addition to writing academic articles and books, the author is an award-winning writer and editor of numerous pop-culture books for a general audience