Thalia Rubio, lecturer
| Jan/21 | Tue | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 56-154 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/19
Limited to 20 participants
Prereq: none
When you’re writing an important paper for a journal, conference, or class, you need to ask colleagues or friends to read it. Having peers review your manuscript is a way to get an audience's reaction to your ideas as well as to your way of expressing them, a crucial element in any act of communication. Getting other perspectives can help you make your work much clearer and more persuasive. But the feedback may not be what you need, as reviewers may hesitate to be critical or may not focus on the important aspects of the paper. Similarly, you want to give constructive, helpful comments to those who ask you to read their manuscripts. In this workshop, we’ll explore ways to give and get useful comments from our reviewers. We’ll also identify strategies for editing our own writing so the final draft is as effective as possible.
Sponsor(s): Writing and Communication Center
Contact: Steven Strang, 12-120, 617 253-4459, SMSTRANG@MIT.EDU