Some useful PhD resources : Writing and speaking

Below are some resources I found useful for academic writing and speaking. They range from articles, books and an online course.

Academic writing

• On writing well This book by William Zinsser is a great read if you want to write nonfiction.
• Writing in the Sciences This course covers academic writing specifically, demonstrating how the teacher, an academic, goes about writing, editing and reviewing papers.
• Clinical Chemistry guide to scientific writing
• How to write a paper
• 3 shell scripts to improve your writing, or “My Ph.D. advisor rewrote himself in bash.”

Speaking and presentations

• 10 tips for academic talks
• How to give a talk
• Even a geek can speak
• Better Beamer Presentations the Easy Way

For those wondering about AI and writing, Prof. Steven Mintz’s take might be interesting.

• Learning to Write Like AI
• How AI Critiques an Argument