Comments on: Writing Scientific Proposals in Many Easy Steps

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:16:09 +0000

Oh, a couple of things.

By: Karilee Reinbold

Karilee Reinbold — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:07:56 +0000

I’m a believer!
And, so what have you done lately? Sign me up!

By: Helena

Helena — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:21:39 +0000

That was a really good article, thanks.

Still don’t know how I’m supposed to write about my own skills and their application in my workplace without it sounding just plain wierd, but I did enjoy Engineering Barbie. Maybe I will bamboozle my tutor with her. Does she play dress up as Strategic Manager Barbie?

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:58:07 +0000

I’ve seen folks hire experts to do this before, and it can work if the expert can also handle the technical aspects.

By: Sili

Sili — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:35:56 +0000

I have to say that I like that idea of having reports marked on their writing. Just a pity to hear that it was done by a grad with a stick up their … can I say “arse” here? Too much Strunk & White, too little LanguageLog.

It likely won’t be relevant for me, since I’ve fallen out of academia (and work), but would you recommend ‘hiring’ a professional writer to help? It’d have to be someone with the time and background to understand the work and proposals, of course, but still an outsider in some sense. Someone whose primary talent is writing and salesmanship. That’s easier for a big group with funds to spare, obviously, but it might conceivable be possible for beginners on a case by case basis. Or by trawling their circle of friends.

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By: Geof F. Morris

Geof F. Morris — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:37:48 +0000

Hey, I like you.

And you yourself said that .100 is a good percentage …

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:59:48 +0000

High praise indeed. Though I should probably wait and see if I win my next proposal before crowning myself King of All Proposaling.

By: Geof F. Morris

Geof F. Morris — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:48:34 +0000

Rands : Project Management :: Sargent : Technical Proposal Writing

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:58:51 +0000

Unfortunately, the kind of drum-beat prescriptivist advice like I offered above can be taken way too far. There are numerous cases where a passive voice construction is just fine, and in fact better than active voice. I tend to drum “use active voice!” into people’s heads because they avoid it at all costs, but it’s not an iron-clad rule by any means, despite what Strunk & White say.