Writing Technical Papers

Over the past few weeks, I have been reviewing some books, blogs, and videos that discuss the process of writing a scientific paper. In that process, I have encountered some informative resources that outline methods for effectively reading and writing technical papers. I have attached several links below in case you are interested in perusing them. Please bear in mind that many of these resources are not generated by astronomers, however the guidelines are still relevant.

Writing a technical paper:

• I highly recommend the book 'Writing Science' by Dr. Joshua Schimel: 
• Video interview with Dr. George Whitesides of Harvard University describing his take on what he defines as an effective technical writing process.
• An outline of notes supplied by Dr. Henning Schulzninne of Columbia University on the techincial paper writing process (this is somewhat specific to computer science and electrical engineering).
• A video by Dr. Simon Peyton Jones of Microsoft Research on writing a great research paper.
• Seven simple suggestions: don't wait - write, identify your key idea, tell a story, nail your contributions, put related work at the end, put your readers first, listen to your readers.

Reading a technical paper:

• An in-depth description of the 3-pass method of reading a technical paper. Also discussed is the literature survey process.