u/vibewithmeINFP

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Help! Scientific writing style

I'm a research coordinator and this is my very first manuscript. I started working on this a year ago, and other co-authors have come and gone due to commitment issues, but it's still not submission ready. My PI has been supportive about guiding me in this process, but after months of going back and forth about edits, my PI told me honestly my writing is too broad and not scientifically framed and she doesn't know how to coach me on this. This was mentioned in the past, but she suggested I pause and look at courses.

I believe a few factors are keeping me stuck on this, including the topic being written about not something I'm particularly passionate about. I also had to learn on the go, as I wasn't as familiar with some of the variables examined and would have to spend hours at times pouring over literature to come up with one sentence. I have done multiple posters, and my writing there is fine, but it's this particular manuscript that I seem to be stuck on. I would much rather start another manuscript on a topic I've done a poster in and much more passionate and knowledgeable about, but I've been at this current one for too long to give up. Please help! Appreciate all the advice!

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