6.021/Notes/2006-10-06

Technical Writing

• Clear simple prose not laden with jargon
• lab report is very different from research article
• A lab report (e.g. high school) is a canned experiment written for the teacher who knows the results
• A research article is written for peers and the results aren't known beforehand
• This class, you're writing for peers a research article
• Formulate figures first
  • Start from results
  • What's important about it?
  • 3 bullet points per figure