The Science Writers' Essay Handbook: How to Craft Compelling True Stories in Any Medium - Paperback

by Michelle Nijhuis (Author)

Though the essay form is more than four centuries old, it's perfectly suited to the digital age--and to science writing. The Science Writers' Essay Handbook will show you how to: * Recognize and develop essay ideas* Research and report for the essay form* Organize your material before you write* Develop a distinctive authorial voice* Revise and polish your essays for publication* Apply your essay-writing skills to stories of all kinds, from magazine features to multimedia productions to social-media postsNo matter what kind of science storyteller you are, The Science Writers' Essay Handbook will give you new tools to bring out the best in your work

Author Biography

Michelle Nijhuis' award-winning writing about science and the environment appears in National Geographic, Smithsonian, The New Yorker's Elements blog, and many other national publications. She is also a longtime contributing editor of High Country News, a magazine known for its in-depth coverage of environmental issues in the western United States. With Thomas Hayden, she is the co-editor of The Science Writers' Handbook: Everything You Need to Know to Pitch, Publish, and Prosper in the Digital Age.