Dear colleagues
About two weeks ago I sent the mail below with a query about  
story-telling in science and many thanks to all who responded and the  
useful links and references they provided. I promised to summarize any  
response I received and have attached my summary (in two identical  
versions with different formats). Feel free to use any of the  
information in it.
Once again many thanks
Anne

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Dear colleagues
Over the past year, I've been investigating story-telling in academic  
writing in an effort to decide to what extent and how I should be  
introducing it in my academic writing workshops in Germany. I know  
that the issue is being debated, and, for those interested, I have  
added at the end of this mail four books and three links I have found  
on the topic .
In discussions I've had in Germany, I have met people who are for and  
against more story-telling in science (the former mainly saying it is  
making science texts more reader-friendly/memorable, the latter  
generally stating that it is making science reporting less precise). I  
would like to know what other members of the EATAW community are  
currently experiencing in their work as teachers of academic writing  
in a multitude of languages. To start off the discussion, I therefore  
have the following questions

	1) Is the topic of story-telling in science writing being discussed  
in your country?
	2) If so, is there generally a positive or negative attitude towards it?
	3) If the attitude is negative, what reasons are being given?
	4) Do you think the attitude may be related to the language being  
used for writing about the research?

I'm grateful for any thoughts on this. I'll try and put together a  
summary of the ideas I receive and make it available to the group.
Many thanks
Anne



Three books on the topic:
Schimel, J. 2012. Writing Science: How to write papers that get cited  
and proposals that get funded. Oxford. OUP
Luna, R.E., 2013. The Art of Scientific Storytelling: Transform your  
research manuscript with a step-by-step formula. Amando International
Olson, R., 2015. Houston, We Have a Narrative: Why Science Needs  
Story. Chicago, University of Chicago Press


Three links on the topic
http://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2012/10/01/why-more-scientists-should-tell-stories/
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0167983
http://io9.gizmodo.com/on-the-importance-of-storytelling-in-science-512947191


Anne Wegner
Write English GbR
www.write-english.de

E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
Tel. +49 (0) 2224 941008

Workshops for business and academic writing.

Editing. Proofreading. Presentation Skills, Writing for the Web and  
Promotional Writing.

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