Making Writing Manageable

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In this episode, we tackle a topic that can strike fear in the heart of even the best mentor—how to develop students into strong technical writers.

In this episode we discuss tips for making the writing process manageable:

1. Get them started early
2. Break writing up into small sections 
3. Ask them to develop an outline for each section before they start writing it then meet and have them talk though the main points for the section
4. Provide feedback on sections so they are able to learn and progress throughout the process
5. Make sure that you point out what they did right as well as what needs to be improved

Resources mentioned that can be adapted to assist your students in their writing journey

Guidelines for writing a literature review by Helen Mongan-Rallis http://www.duluth.umn.edu/~hrallis/guides/researching/litreview.html.

Writing a Scientific Paper. Adapted from Cox (1990) https://www.luther.edu/biology/assets/writing_scientific_papers_2.pdf

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