IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING WRITING AND SPEECH Challenge: Good Scientific Writing

Abstract-This article examines three major causes of bad sci-entific and engineering writing: 1) lack of incentive, 2) lack of interest, and 3) faulty or artificial style. Suggested remedies for each are considered, and a "model " for a paper or report is pro-posed. Discussion includes brief treatments of the contents of each part of the model, the interrelationships between parts, use of illustrations, and importance of the "communications situation " to style and language level