It's over!!!

I think the Mod2 research article is the longest English document I have written. I have never liked scientific writing in general mainly because there are too many rules and guidelines, let alone having to write a really long one. So obviously it felt like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders when I finished this assignment. But looking back, I was surprised that I actually enjoyed this process. I think what really motivated me was the figure-making process. I enjoyed making experimental approach schematics and data figures. I used BioRender and it’s so convenient to use. All I needed to do was type in what graphics or images I wanted and just dragged them on to the screen. Once I had all my figures ready, I was less stressed out to start writing.

Figure 1. Previous figure from Mod1 Data Summary.


 The second resource that I found very helpful was the homework assignments. Most of the time the hardest part of writing for me is to start. And thankfully because of the homework, I already had my first paragraph of introduction and my methods section written out. It became so much easier to pick up from there as opposed to start everything from scratch. So, thank you for all the instructors for getting me to start writing the research article early and making the writing process for me even less stressful. Now that I finished this assignment, I feel more equipped to write scientific paper in the future.