Writing up

Abstract

In every research project, a stage is reached at which it makes sense to begin to write up. A good principle is to begin early: if it is possible to start writing then the writing should start, typically well before the project’s half-way mark. Shaping the research and its outcomes into a write-up is an effective way of giving structure to a project, even if the outcomes are not yet clear or months are needed to complete system development.

I used to think about my sentences before writing them down; but ... I have found that it saves time to scribble in a vile hand whole pages as quickly as I possibly can ... .Sentences thus scribbled down are often better ones than i could have written deliberately.

Charles Darwin

Autobiography

Science is more than a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking.

Carl Sagan

The Demon-Haunted World