The most
recent essay featured in the New York
Times “Draft” series (December 9, 2013) on the art and craft of writing is entitled “The Science
and Art of Science Writing,” written by Michelle Nijhuis : http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/09/the-science-and-art-of-science-writing/?hp&rref=opinion
Nijhuis is
the co-editor of The Science Writer’s
Handbook: Everything you Need to know to Pitch, Publish and Prosper in the
Digital Age.”
The essay set
my juices flowing. Though I am not a
scientist, I am married to one. You
might say our interests intersect in nature/science writing. He is a geochemist who appreciates good writing
on those topics, and I am a writer/editor who sometimes enjoys reading about them.
Two of our
favorite writers are Elizabeth Kolbert and John McPhee, both of whom have
essays published frequently by The New
Yorker. Here is a link to one of
Kolbert’s recent articles, entitled "The Lost World":
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/12/16/131216fa_fact_kolbert
John McPhee’s
writing is not limited to nature/science writing. He also writes wonderful essays in The New Yorker’s “The Writing Life”
series. One of them is entitled “Structure;
beyond the picnic-table crisis”: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/01/14/130114fa_fact_mcphee
If you are interested in this type of writing, check out The Best American Science and Nature Writing, an annual publication (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. The Best American Series). The 2013 edition will be one of my husband’s Christmas presents. Sh-h, don’t tell him!
If you are interested in this type of writing, check out The Best American Science and Nature Writing, an annual publication (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. The Best American Series). The 2013 edition will be one of my husband’s Christmas presents. Sh-h, don’t tell him!
