The Bauer Confidential

I’ve been thinking about what I should write in this blog. Two activities that I spend a fair amount of time doing is read (work related science articles mostly) and watch movies. I made a New Year resolution to take more time to write, so those topics will probably be the bulk of what you’re going to get from me in the beginning. Some of you may be thinking, “Why would you make such an odd New Years resolution?” Well, that’s a good question, so thanks for bringing it up. It arose due to a post-doc related experience. Last year, I was involved in writing two scientific reviews, one of which was published in Cell. It was during this time that I realized writing isn’t necessarily my strongest talent, but as with all things it should get better the more I practice. Since I like movies a lot, I played around with the idea of writing a movie script. I got a couple of books and I read up on story and story structure, which I found intriguing. I still might try this, but I’m starting to question my ability to “make up” a story that is at all interesting. Science writing and fiction writing seems to require a different mindset, and I have never wrote anything fiction before (except for parts of my dissertation one could argue). April and I have been talking about starting our own webpage/blog for a very long time, so here it is. Thus, along with keeping family and friends up-to-date on our activities, it gives me a forum to practice my writing. There is still work that needs to be done in getting this site fully active, but right now my biggest challenge is setting aside time dedicated to writing.

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