An open letter to graduate students and other procrastinators: it’s time to write | Nature Biotechnology

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript. Advertisement Career feature Nature Biotechnology volume  43,  pages 447–450 (2025)Cite this article 119k Accesses 357 Altmetric Metrics details You have full access to this article via your institution. Let me begin with a hard truth. As scientists, writing is our chief activity. It can be argued that it is the only thing we do that matters. It is the singular activity that you as a young scientist partake in that will raise your salary. You may have felt protected from this truth for a time, but this is unsustainable for the long term. Allow me to explain. This letter is for the graduate student who has

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