Analytical Writing for Science and Technology http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tgeorges/write/index.html
CONTENTS Foreword -- Don't read this PART I: What's the matter with scientific and technical writing today, and what can you do about it? Lesson 1. How much does foggy writing really cost? Lesson 2. Why bother to write clearly? Lesson 3. How to overcome writing handicaps Lesson 4. How to kick bad writing habits -- painlessly PART II: What to say Lesson 5. How to use a "marketing" or "top-down" approach to your writing Lesson 6. How to organize your paper or report Lesson 7. How to handle all those details Lesson 8. Checklists for specific writing tasks PART III: How to say it Lesson 9. Write to analyze, not to catalog Lesson 10. Use the simplest word that will do the job Lesson 11. Pin things down with concrete nouns Lesson 12. Put active verbs to work for you Lesson 13. The dependent clause -- a natural way to write analytically Lesson 14. Step 1 to more informative paragraphs -- orient your reader Lesson 15. Step 2 to more informative paragraphs -- tie your ideas together Lesson 16. Step 3 to more informative paragraphs -- take it easy through technically dense passages Lesson 17. Step 4 to more informative paragraphs -- arrange your ideas in a logical sequence Lesson 18. Should you use a personal style in scientific and technical writing? Lesson 19. Enhance your message with illustrations and tables Lesson 20. Some practical ways to get started PART IV: How to tell when you're done Lesson 21. How to edit -- and feel OK about throwing most of it away Lesson 22. How to use feedback to simplify approvals -- and cut back on rewrites Afterword Bibliography