Questions to answer before watching this video

  • In what ways do you see yourself as a writer? Are you a poet? A journalist? A blogger?  What style of writing is most familiar and comfortable for you?

I am primarily a composition writer because most of the writing I have done in the past has been in English class. I am most familiar and comfortable with a traditional five-paragraph essay.

  • What is your impression of scientific writing?

When I think of scientific writing I think of a long, boring piece of writing that is difficult to read.

Answer this question after you watch the video

  • How do Wilson’s ideas fit with your experience or ideas about scientific writing?

The poet mindset was different to me because, in my experience of scientific writing, it has not had that effect on me. I also haven’t experienced scientific writing that is written like a journalist. For me, the reading has been much more confusing

  • What if anything surprised you about Wilson’s description of scientists, and their emotions and values as they fit into the process of science?

Most of the descriptions Wilson used surprised me because when I think about scientists, that is not the picture that I paint in my head.