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Effective writing: core skills

Writing for science

Writing for advocacy

INTRODUCTION

Principles of effective writing

CREATING A MESSAGE

Defining your purpose

Analysing your readership

Writing a message sentence

Checking your message

ORGANISING YOUR IDEAS

Creating a structure

Collecting evidence

Writing an outline

WRITING A FIRST DRAFT

Functions of prose

Explanation techniques

Summary and introduction

Navigation aids

Resource materials

Using graphics

Elements of layout

EFFECTIVE EDITING

General principles

Constructing effective paragraphs

Improving your sentences

Choosing your words

INTRODUCTION

A different form of writing

What we will cover

DEVELOPING THE CONCEPT

What to publish

Your main message

Your readership

Where to publish

PREPARING AN OUTLINE

Types of papers

Main message

Principal objective and hypothesis

Materials and methods

Principal findings

Conclusions

Introduction

WRITING THE FIRST DRAFT

Deepening the outline

Introduction

Materials and methods

Results

Discussion

Writing a first draft

Writing style

TOPPING AND TAILING

Title

Ethics of authorship

Abstract

Acknowledgements

References

Appendices

Editing your manuscript

PUBLISHING

Submitting the manuscript

Responding to editors

Correcting proofs

Marketing the publication

UNDERSTANDING ADVOCACY

Who you are writing for

What to write for whom

Constructing a message

Hearts and minds

Paradigms

MEDIA FOR ADVOCACY

Articles

Leaflets

Newsletters

Pamphlets

Press releases

Posters

Resource centre

RESOURCES

Recommended reading

Useful journals and magazines

Useful websites

HELP

A guide for trainers

How to navigate

Frequently asked questions

ABOUT US

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Authors

Acknowledgements

IDRC

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