Novelist Cormac McCarthy’s tips on how to write a great science paper - Nature

The Pulitzer prizewinner shares his advice for pleasing readers, editors and yourself.

“invaluable editing advice from McCarthy on several science papers published over the past 20 years. While on sabbatical at the SFI during the winter of 2018, Savage had lively weekly lunches with McCarthy. They worked to condense McCarthy’s advice to its most essential points so that it could be shared with everyone. These pieces of advice were combined with thoughts from evolutionary biologist Pamela Yeh and are presented here...