Get comfortable with writing about your research
become a science communication expert
Diving into the deep science writing field, can be difficult and overwhelming. We are here to make this journey easy and understandable.
Who is science writing coaching for?
Any scientist or researcher, who:
- wants to improve their science communication and science writing skills
- needs to write a lay article for their course or class
- wants to add scientific outreach activities to their CV
What will you get from science writing coaching?
You will receive an exclusive practical science writing guidebook with everything you need to know about writing a scientific outreach article.
The guide includes:
- steps to structure your article
- finding the right voice and language
- how illustrations support your article
- many more tips and ideas to write your first science outreach article
- help to find the story in your research
- detailed feedback and editing tips for your written article
- help to illustrate your research
- distribution of your article on all of MicroComms’ social media channels
We will work together until we have an amazing science article that we both are proud to publish.
What do previous mentees think?
Type of Review: 5/5
Sarah did a great job of reviewing all aspects of my articles, from structure, organization, and content. She really homed in and made sure my story was cohesive and understandable.
Content of Review: 5/5
Sarah’s science background allowed her to understand the processes and pathways I wanted to highlight in my article, and that allowed her to know what details of those processes were important for a non-science audience and which details were not. Sarah pointed out jargon-heavy aspects of my writing and helped me learn what details are important for a general audience. This type of advice has been extremely helpful when writing other science communication articles.
Easy of understanding the Review: 4/5
Sarah’s reviews are easy to understand, and if she thinks a larger change should be made (such as changing the organization or flow of the story), she will add an additional note adding what the suggestion is and why that suggestion would make a stronger piece of science communication. Sarah does work hard to preserve the author’s voice and will leave more general comments (such as saying “try re-writing this sentence/paragraph”) to allow me to perfect an area in my own writing style.
Timing of Review: 5/5
Sarah is very prompt with her edits, usually replying within 24-48 hours.
Comments
Sarah’s scientific and technical background really showed in her reviews; she understood the science and helped me learn ways to convey that information to a more general audience. The tools I learned from Sarah’s edits have made me a more effective and efficient science communicator.
What will science writing coaching look like?
This coaching programme is completely tailored to your needs and schedule. I will make sure that you have enough time to complete your tasks while also taking the time to get back to your promptly.
After taking you on board as a science writing mentee:
- You will receive the guidebook
- We will have a video chat to discuss the key content of the article
- You will have sufficient time to write the first draft
- I will send you detailed feedback on your written piece and give you tips on how to improve the article
- We will have another video chat to talk about your article and you have the chance to ask all your questions
- You then improve your article taking into account all the points we discussed and create pictures
- We will repeat these steps until we are both happy and proud of the written article and agree that it is time to publish
Science Writing Coaching
You telling your audience about your awesome research-
for your target audience
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tips and tricks for your science writing article
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Distribution of your article on MicroComms' social media channels
