How to Improve as a Science Writer
Write more, listen to yourself, heed advice, repeat
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6 min readSep 17, 2020
Back in the mid-90s, during my Ph.D., I decided to scratch my longstanding itch to write for a popular audience. I wrote a few op-ed pieces for Johannesburg’s Star newspaper and peppered the editorial desk with hardcopy submissions. My break came when I got my first email address and noticed that an edgy young editor…
