(from linnea's comments on helping with writing skills)
>The way my boss handles this is to "edit" the manuscript- hand it back
>covered with red ink. Yup, it is hard to handle at first. I remember how
>my first paper manuscript, after he praised me for my good writing, was
>returned to me in a sea of red, I was really upset, took it *way*
>personally. Then I realized that even *good* writing can always be
>improved -- and that his goal was the clearest, best paper we could
>produce. So I did the approximately 10 rewrites before we were both happy.
>And the only thing we had to fix after the reviews were the fact that I
>had included too many literature references and been a little too detailed
>in my introduction. It did take me awhile to realize that we were indeed
>on the same team in this. I wish I had learned that in grad school!
>
I have always referred to this as "bleeding" on the paper. I think it captures the angst on
both sides that goes into producing a good piece of writing.
:)
