Some subscribers to Phys-L might be interested in a recent post "How
To Write Good" [Hake (2013)]. The abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT: Physoc's Art Hobson, in a post "Once more time: Writing
tips" alerted readers to (a) the abstract and the slides
<http://bit.ly/16T0UmN> he had shown for a 2009 APS talk "Writing
about, and teaching, physics for non-scientists"; and (b) two
recommendations -
(1) "The Craft of Scientific Writing" [Alley (1996)] at
<http://amzn.to/YBnwWu>, and
(2) "The Elements of Style" [Strunk & White (2000)] at
<http://amzn.to/109Cb9E>.
To Hobson's recommendations I would add:
(3) the "AIP Style Manual" [AIP (1997)] at <http://bit.ly/d8hJgp>;
(4) "Intellectual Journey: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom -
Conversations with John Kenneth Galbraith - The Art of Good Writing"
[Kreisler (1986)] at <http://bit.ly/ZMesNj>;
(6) "Draft No. 4: Replacing the words in boxes" [McPhee (2013)] at
<http://nyr.kr/12cz2Vu>.
Q. So "HOW'm I DOin' " after having been exposed to the above 6
guides to writing good?
A. NOT BAD! The first 489 words of this post have a Gunning Fog
Index of 8.8, cf. 11.9 for the first 530 words of Hemingway's
masterpiece "The Sun Also Rises" ! ; - )
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"We are all apprentices of a craft where no one ever becomes a master."
- Ernest Hemingway (1961)
REFERENCES [URL's shortened by <http://bit.ly/> and accessed on 08 May 2013.]
Hake, R.R. 2013. "How To Write Good," online on the OPEN! Net-Gold
archives at <http://yhoo.it/15ouwJm>. Post of 7 May 2013 20:00:15
-0700. The abstract and link to the complete post are being
transmitted to several discussion lists and are on my blog
"Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/10GtzDr> with a provision for
comments.
Hemingway, E. 1961. New York Journal-American, 11 July.