From time to time, I get letters from people thinking seriously about becoming science writers. Some have no idea how to start; some have started but want to know how to get better.

3. Lower your standards and build your corps According to poet William Stafford, the antidote to writer’s block is to lower your standards at the beginning of the process.

U want 2B a better writer? Good writing is often looked at as an art and, frankly, that can be intimidating. No need to worry.

There was also no specific requirement to talk about craft. And yet writers—being writers—offered a generous bounty of practical writing advice. They shared exercises. They discussed ...