https://alandove.com/tags/writing/ Recent content in Writing on Alan Dove, Ph.D. Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Alan Dove Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:37:00 -0500 https://alandove.com/posts/2025/you-cant-handle-the-truthiness/ Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:37:00 -0500 https://alandove.com/posts/2025/you-cant-handle-the-truthiness/ Many writers set out to create nonfiction, but go astray somewhere along the way. That’s because when you look long into a story, the story also looks into you. https://alandove.com/posts/2022/2022-11-22-the-write-stuff/ Tue, 22 Nov 2022 12:06:23 -0500 https://alandove.com/posts/2022/2022-11-22-the-write-stuff/ Most people can write. Fewer can write well. Fewer still can write well on demand, day after day, at the rate and consistency required to make a living at it. A handful of people can do all that while also creating great works of art. As a result, writing carries both a well-earned reputation for difficulty, and a largely unjustified mystique. It’s the hardest part of my job as a science journalist, and the most over-glamorized skill I have. https://alandove.com/posts/2022/2022-04-20-unmixed-files-dr-alan-w-dove/ Wed, 20 Apr 2022 08:21:42 -0400 https://alandove.com/posts/2022/2022-04-20-unmixed-files-dr-alan-w-dove/ When I started my journalism career 25 years ago, I had some major worries: how to expand my client list, how to keep paying the rent, whether I was even qualified to be doing this kind of work. Amid those existential concerns, seemingly minor issues of file organization didn’t even register. My workflow then was expedient, but not sustainable. I did all of my writing in a semi-legitimately acquired copy of Microsoft Word, saved the files on my Mac Powerbook in whatever folders seemed convenient at the time, and didn’t think the concept of an archive was relevant to my life.