20251006 - best possible work

Author: isaactpetersen

expectations-gradStudent.Rmd

@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ Be mindful of the constraints on my time.
 Allow a minimum of one week prior to submission deadlines for me to read and respond to short materials such as conference abstracts and three weeks for me to work on manuscripts, grant proposals, and letters of recommendation.
 Please do not assume I can read materials within a day or two, especially when I am traveling.
 Please only send drafts of manuscripts, grant proposals, dissertations, etc. when they are your <u>best possible work</u> (the Henry Kissinger criterion).
-That means going through multiple revisions, reading it out loud to yourself, etc.
+That means going through multiple revisions, printing it and reading it out loud to yourself, etc.
 Here is an excerpt about Dr. Kissinger ([Krausman, 2021](https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21992)):
 
 > "Henry Kissinger, a former Secretary of State under President Nixon, understood the importance of continually improving writing skills.

writing.Rmd

@@ -47,3 +47,8 @@ Replace them with their referent.
 1. When submitting a manuscript to a journal, follow the lab's [open science](openScience.html) guidelines.
   - For instance, see the section on "[Manuscript Submission to a Journal](openScience.html#journal)."
   - When the manuscript is accepted for publication, follow the guidelines in the section on "[When the Manuscript is Accepted for Publication](openScience.html#accepted)"
+1. You are expected to follow the [Henry Kissinger criterion](#communication)—before sending a manuscript to Dr. Petersen, make sure it is your <u>best possible work</u>.
+That means going through multiple revisions.
+Before sending it to Dr. Petersen, you should print (yes, <u>print</u>) it and read it out loud to yourself, making any necessary revisions.
+You will frequently catch additional typos and grammatical mistakes by doing so.
+If you send me a version with many mistakes/typos/misspellings/grammatical errors, I will send it back to you without reading it.