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Science Writing

The best way to begin learning more about Science Writing as a career option is to read "Getting Started with Science Writing" under the Resources tab. Also under Resources is a Bookstore link that will take to a recommended list of books and resources on Science Writing which you can buy online or find at your campus or local library.

Below, in the Articles section, you will find information about the experiences of life sciences PhDs and MDs who have chosen to pursue science writing as an option and/or science writers who want to share insights specifically for people of your professional background on the field.

 
Resources
1. Getting Started With Science Writing by Wendy Perkins
2. Connect to bookstore
 

 
Articles
1. How I Stopped Worrying and Decided to Get Out of the Lab by Tina Hesman Saey, PhD
2. Feature: What It Takes: Skills a Science Writer Needs to Succeed by Tina Hesman Saey, PhD
3. How to Successfully Query an Editor: An Editor's View by Lauren Gravitz, MS
4. Ten Ways to Please an Editor by Emma Hitt
5. Science Journalism: My Path to a Reporter's Job by Tina Hesman Saey, PhD
6. Picking up Some Side Projects by Nick Zagorski, PhD
7. Taking Baby Steps from the Bench: Writing for a Scholarly Journal by Nick Zagorski, PhD
8. My Path to Science Writing by Nick Zagorski, PhD
9. A Day in the Life... by Emma Hitt
10. How to Boost your Freelance Writing Income by Emma Hitt
11. Building a Portfolio with Internships by Tina Hesman Saey, PhD
12. From Research to Writing: A Brisk Change of Pace by Nick Zagorski, PhD
13. A Day in the Life of a Newspaper Science Writer by Tina Hesman Saey, PhD
 

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