•Think that you are trying to say what is most important about a subject toa good friend and ping pong between the left and right side of brain
–I listen to rock with headphones to inspire me and keep left side in play
•Like anything, you get better as you go along
•Just get started and get a stream of ideas out
•Do figures last so it doesn’t interfere with flow
•Start each paragraph with introductory sentence
•Keep sentences short
•Explain each point in detail
•Define nomenclature and engineering units for equations
•Give assumptions and offer examples
•Don’t obsess about wording – this is the ISA copy editors job
•Get associates in your field and related field to proof read text
•Double check equations and figures