Resources on scientific writing

This is a short list of good writing resources for Holden lab members writing papers or theses. It may be useful to others too.

On writing papers:

• Ten simple rules for structuring papers
• How to write a first-class paper

How to make good figures and figure legends:

• Creating clear and informative image-based figures for scientific publications
• The devil in the details (a short guide to writing figure legends)

I have previously written a detailed post on scientific illustration

Excellent book on general technical writing:

• Zinsser, On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Non-Fiction There is a copy of Zinsser on my office bookshelf that may be borrowed .