1. SCIENTIFIC WRITING AND PUBLISHING ASM Professional Development Series Larry S. McDaniel, Ph.D. University of Mississippi Medical Center

2. Why do we write?

4. How is our writing?

5. I do not have enough papers….

6. There are way too many papers!

7. Most scientific writing is rather bad…

8. What is wrong?

9. No measure of good or quality scientific writing

10. Can writing improve?

11. Illiterate Time Master Writer

12. How do we teach?

14. 10 g tryptone 5 g yeast extract 5 g NaCl 1 L water Autoclave 20 minutes

15. 4 figures + 8 paragraphs + submit ≠ No formula for a scientific manuscript

16. Habits to Improve Writing Dedicate time to write Actually write NO e-mail, NO internet, NO phone Reward yourself

17. Who will read you?

18. Your Audience Not you They can not get inside your head Guide your reader by the hand Give the reader candy not a sleeping pill!

19. Goal for today Initiate the development of skills needed to write and submit a scientific manuscript

20. Overview Components of a manuscript Titles and abstracts The submission process Dealing with reviews Ethics in scientific publishing