Jargon and Plain Language in Science Writing
My authors who write reports on their research for publication in medical journals tend to use a lot of jargon. I try to help them make their writing easier to…
Building Author–Editor Relationships
It's always so satisfying to establish a good working relationship with my authors. After working through 2 revisions of a manuscript for a research report on a procedure for repairing…
Epicene "They" Spreads to Science and Medical Writing
Even writing in medical journals, often seen as being very formal academic-speak, is now using singular "they," also referred to as "epicene 'they.' " You can find evidence of this…