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Lecture: OLT.25.10.01 Scientific Writing done differently (Oct 2025 - Jan 2026)
Semester:
Winter term
2025
OLT.25.10.01 Scientific Writing done differently (Oct 2025 - Jan 2026) -
Event date(s) | room
- Donnerstag, 9.10.2025 16:00 - 18:00 | W15 0-023
- Donnerstag, 23.10.2025 16:00 - 18:00 | HIFMB Seminar Room
- Donnerstag, 6.11.2025 16:00 - 18:00 | HIFMB Seminar Room
- Donnerstag, 20.11.2025 16:00 - 18:00 | HIFMB Seminar Room
- Donnerstag, 11.12.2025 16:00 - 18:00 | W15 0-023
- Donnerstag, 8.1.2026 16:00 - 18:00 | HIFMB Seminar Room
- Donnerstag, 22.1.2026 16:00 - 18:00 | HIFMB Seminar Room
- Donnerstag, 5.2.2026 16:00 - 18:00 | HIFMB Seminar Room
Description
Module is taught in eight early evening meetings of 2 hours each, in addition to self-study. In the module students will learn creative writing techniques and workflows and learn to apply them in scientific writing.
Each meeting will be a mixture of lecture, seminar and in-class exercises.
The course will cover
1) Writing productively. (Conquering the empty page; plotting-drafting-revising workflows, structural constraints of text)
2) Good word choice (Eliminating needless words, use of subtext, word-choice in scientific writing)
3) Better sentences (Improving readability, sentence orientation, additive vs multiplicative clauses, avoiding run-on sentences)
4) Sensible paragraphs (Basics of composition, beginning-middle-end structure, common issues)
5) Tone, Voice, etc. (Time, scientific vs. other voices, passive do’s and don’ts, pronouns, ideation)
6) Precision (Precise phrasing, use of meta-information, how to establish common ground)
7) Plot and protagonist (Hourglass structure, acts and story beats, a narratology of science)
8) Odds and Ends (Use of dialog, bad writing tips, rules and when to break them, …)
Each meeting will be a mixture of lecture, seminar and in-class exercises.
The course will cover
1) Writing productively. (Conquering the empty page; plotting-drafting-revising workflows, structural constraints of text)
2) Good word choice (Eliminating needless words, use of subtext, word-choice in scientific writing)
3) Better sentences (Improving readability, sentence orientation, additive vs multiplicative clauses, avoiding run-on sentences)
4) Sensible paragraphs (Basics of composition, beginning-middle-end structure, common issues)
5) Tone, Voice, etc. (Time, scientific vs. other voices, passive do’s and don’ts, pronouns, ideation)
6) Precision (Precise phrasing, use of meta-information, how to establish common ground)
7) Plot and protagonist (Hourglass structure, acts and story beats, a narratology of science)
8) Odds and Ends (Use of dialog, bad writing tips, rules and when to break them, …)
Lecturers
Tutors
Study fields
- Environmental Sciences
- European Master in Renewable Energy
- Interdisziplinäre Veranstaltungen / Interdisciplinary courses
- Interface Science
- Kommunikation und Wissensvermittlung
- Neurosensory Science and Systems
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- olt134 Additional module „Communication
- olt165 - Additional module „Transferable Skills”
- olt165 Additional module "Transferable Skills"
- olt165 Additional module „Transferable Skills"
- olt533 Scientific publishing
- olt561 Steps to scientific publishing
- olt633 Scientific publishing
- olt662 Scientific Writing
- olt762 - Scientific Writing and Publishing
- Postgraduate Programme Renewable Energy
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